Vivek Agnihotri tweets same sex marriage is a need, it is a right: ‘Should be normal, not a crime’

Vivek Agnihotri said same sex marriage is not an ‘urban elitist’ concept. Reacting to a case in the Supreme Court, the filmmaker tweeted on Tuesday that people, who question same sex marriages, 'have never travelled in small towns and villages' of India.

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Vivek added that in a 'progressive, liberal and inclusive civilisation' like India same sex marriage 'should be normal, not a crime.

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta, too, echoed similar thoughts, as he shared a still from Modern Love: Mumbai. 

Last year, Hansal Mehta had spoken about not casting a gay actor in his episode, which featured Pratik Gandhi and Ranveer Brar as a couple. 

Meanwhile, a five-judge Supreme Court constitution bench  comprising of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices SK Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat, PS Narasimha, and Hima Kohli  is set to hear a batch of petitions seeking legal validation of same sex marriages in the country on Tuesday. However, the Centre has been opposing the idea.