Kunal Phalak, a final-year Dual electrical engineering student at IIT-Bombay, says he openly discusses the fact that his roommate at the premier institute is gay, if only to watch reactions.


(Left to right) Sonali Meena, Anisha Bajaj and Mukul Verma star in the 5-minute video, Mere Saathi 

"Some people wink and ask, 'So, what's up between the two of you'," he says. The 22-year-old sits beside his roommate and friend Aditya Shankar, also a Dual EE student, in a slick five-minute video titled, Mere Saathi. Conceived, directed and shot by Saathi, IIT-Bombay's support group for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community, it has created quite a chatter in the last three days.