Feminism and the Politics of Homosexuality in Shobhaa De’s Starry Nights

Abstract

               Shobha De has been a journalist in Bombay for many years, thus she has seen a lot of the metropolitan lifestyles and minds of the ladies who live there. So, she knows a lot about how it is shown. The same part of a woman’s mind. Before she becomes a famous actress, Asha Rani is Viji, the daughter of a movie tycoon who is not very good at raising her. She falls in love with Akshay Arora, who is married, but he cheated on her. Barua’s story also talks about her first time being with Linda as a lesbian. Their connection was just as talkative because Abhijit is married and had children. She marries Jamie Phillips and they have a daughter named Sasha together in New Zealand. She has an affair with Jojo when she is in India and he loathes her. Asha Rani, a famous movie star, has a rise and collapse in Starry Nights. She will always work in the Bombay film industry. She relies on the movie business and keeps working in it, even if it’s not as a heroine but as a producer.