The poster above for Dunno Y … Na Jaane Kyun (Don’t Know Why) from Indian director Sanjay Sharma is now on display out front of many of India’s countless cinemas in preparation for its May release in a country where even heterosexual kissing is considered taboo (just ask Shilpa Shetty, the Indian actress whose career almost ended immediately amid public furor about obscenity when Richard Gere kissed her on the lips at an AIDS fundraiser in New Delhi in 2007).

India’s High Court overturned laws against homosexuality last year.

“At the moment I’m not thinking about any political or censor problems,” Sharma told BBC Asian Network.

The movie has already been nicknamed “India’s Brokeback Mountain” which may be a good thing or not, but controversy is sure to ensue when the film opens since gay life and gay relationships are not really publicly discussed or treated by the Indian media.

However, “I’m not afraid of anything,” Sharma said. “I stand by my conviction.”

The film stars Maradona Rebello, below, who previously starred in Pankh, which introduced a couple of gay characters to Indian moviegoers but didn’t feature anything like the explicit sex and kissing scenes in the upcoming Dunno Y.