Just a reminder, folks. 2009/7/16 Nitin Karani <nitin.kar...@gmail.com>
> You are cordially invited to > > * * > *Sunday High, 19 July 2009* > > > Movies by Sridhar Rangayan > > > > > > > > *Gulabi Aaina (2003, 40 mins)* > > The Pink Mirror pits two Indian drag queens against a gay teenager in a > battle to woo a handsome hunk. It's a clash of the east and west. Who will > win? The drag queens, who are expert in the art of seduction with their wit, > innuendo and cunning or the young teenager who is saucy, slutty and sly? > Underneath the campy humorous exterior, the film is an exploration of the > Indian gay landscape and understanding of the deep, humanly tender bondings > that exist between drag queens in India who form unique, non-patriarchal > families. Using the Bollywood soap idiom of song, dance and drama and for > the first time in the Indian drag queens' very own language, Hindi, the film > also explores other veiled issues related to the Indian gay community: the > lurking threat of HIV/AIDS. Winner of several awards and screened at 72 > international film festivals and over 150 screenings across the world. > > imdb: www.imdb.com/title/tt0386499 > > > > *68 Pages (2007, 90mins)* > > Coming from a country like India that is still in denial, where being HIV+ > is still a curse, '68 Pages' rips open the underbelly of its society to > reveal how it stigmatizes and shuns those who are HIV+ or even those who > just want to be what they are. Through 68 Pages of a counselors diary, we > see the stories of Paayal, a sex worker; Nishit, an ID user; Kiran, a gay > man and Umrao, a transsexual bar dancer - their stories of pain and fear, > humiliation and rejection - not only by the society, but even by their loved > ones. While these stories expose the shallowness of the system, it also > offers hope and healing by trying to bring about a better understanding of > their fight to live with dignity. The film is a tribute to the human spirit > of optimism and survival. > > The film has screened at 12 international film festivals and over a 110 > screenings across India and other countries and won the Silver Remi award at > Worldfest-Houston 2008. > > imdb: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1151299/ > > > > *Yours Emotionally! (2005, 86 mins)* > > Sridhar Rangayan's charming, daring film offers a fascinating look inside > India's emerging gay culture. Gay best buds Ravi, a second-generation Sikh, > and Paul, an Englishman, live in London, where both are out and proud. They > travel together to India, where they find a gay community far more open than > they expected, as well as a community still held at bay by the country's > antiquated views on sexuality. Soon after their arrival, Ravi meets and > falls in love with handsome, shy Mani. Their love is at first sight and > mutual. But Mani is committed to an arranged marriage from which he cannot > back out. Their love is doomed. Paul, meanwhile, is a horny dude who > discovers that same-sex encounters are easy to find in India. As Ravi's > heart breaks, Paul is having the time of his life. The pair spend some time > at a B&B run by Murthy and Anna (Ikhlaq Khan, Ajay Rohilla), a middle-aged > gay couple. As they get to know each other, all four men have life-altering > epiphanies. The "boys" learn the true meaning of love from their older > counterparts, who in turn learn the meaning of gay pride from the young > ones. Lifelong friendships are formed. > > imdb: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0818705/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > *Time:* 4.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., with a 15-minute break after the second > film (i.e., 68 Pages) > > > > *Address:* The Humsafar Trust's Drop-in Centre, 4th floor, Municipal > Transit Building (Vakola Municipal Market Building), Near Raheja Point and > Vakola Masjid, Santacruz (East), Mumbai. > > > > *Space courtesy:* The Humsafar Trust. > > > > *Note:* Programme subject to change without notice. *Please track:* The > Bombay Dost Wiki OR the *Bombay Dost > Facebook*<http://www.facebook.com/BombayDost>page OR follow Bombaydost on > *Twitter* <http://twitter.com/bombaydost> OR subscribe to our *Google SMS > Channel* <http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/BombayDost> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > My blog's at: http://queerindia.blogspot.com > You can leave me a voice message from any phone at > http://www.jaxtr.com/nitinkarani No call charges apply. > -- My blog's at: http://queerindia.blogspot.com You can leave me a voice message from any phone at http://www.jaxtr.com/nitinkarani No call charges apply.
