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Kunal Kohli: Why can’t sex education be a part of parenting?

Updated on: 29 November,2021 09:38 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Mohar Basu | mohar.basu@mid-day.com

Director Kunal Kohli on normalising sex discussions through Hiccups & Hookups while telling the story of a modern-day family

Kunal Kohli: Why can’t sex education be a part of parenting?

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It was only when Kunal Kohli was offered Hiccups & Hookups that he binged on its source material, the popular American show Casual. After breezing through the series, the director was clear that while a few plot points could be retained, Lionsgate Play’s maiden Indian original would be a new universe altogether. “We have added our desi flavour,” says Kohli of the Lara Dutta and Prateik Babbar-starrer. “We added more characters and changed a lot of the story. Writer Indira Bisht and I also decided [on having a new title]. The series had to have a conversational world, but the world has moved to a point where we hardly talk to each other. Dating happens on apps, so that culture evolution had to be reflected.”


Kunal Kohli
Kunal Kohli


The director has borrowed the original’s laid-back flavour even as he tackles subjects of sexual identities and preferences. This, while keeping the modern-day family — comprising a single mother, essayed by Dutta, and her commitment-phobic brother, played by Babbar — at the centre. “We say family is most important. But when we have to talk about sex, we run to friends. I want my family to feel like friends. Even at this age, I change channels if my mother enters the room when I’m watching an intimate scene on screen. A parent must develop a bond where they can give sexual advice to their children. If sex education is a part of schooling, why can’t it be a part of parenting?”


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