This Pride Month, 30 Indian LGBTQ+ Movies Including ‘Badhaai Do’ Will Be Shown At The Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
One thing I will give Bollywood credit for is the fact that has genuinely worked on improving the representation of minorities within Hindi cinema. I wouldn’t say that the representation is nearly enough but we are making progress towards normalising a lot of taboo topics. One of these is the LGBTQ+ community. Over the years, there have been movies that have represented the community, albeit, some lacking. And now we have reached a point where Works by three Pune filmmakers will be shown at Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival.
The festival has curated some exquisite performances in films portraying the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities from around the world over the past 13 years. As it prepares to kick off Pride Month this June, the festival features a lineup of over 184 films from 53 nations this year. Check out the ones that will be from India:
1. Badhaai Do
Directed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni was a hit amongst the Indian population featuring Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar. It is a Hindi language film.
2. Sheer Qorma
Directed by Faraz Arif Ansari is a narrative short film in the Hindi, Urdu and English languages.
3. Antharam
Directed by Abhijith Pulparambath, this 71 min film is in the Malayalam and Tamil language.
4. Chhoti Shameez
Chhoti Shameez is a short film by director Shruti Vohra in Hindi.
5. Balbhushanani
Directed by Chinmay Sudhir this is an 8-minute short film.
6. Dal Bhat
Directed by Nemil Shah this is a 32 min narrative short film in the languages Gujarati and Hindi.
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7. Dear Bhargava
Dear Bhargava is a Kannada short movie directed by Ramnath Shanbhag.
8. Her Canvas
Directed by Sagar Devram Minde, Her Canvas is a narrative short silent film.
9. Holy Wound
Directed by Asok R Nath this one is a silent film.
10. Impasse
Impasse is directed by Tuhin Basu and is 24 min Narrative Short in Hindi and Tamil languages
11. July, 2020
Directed by Sahej Nandrajog is an English narrative feature film
12. Kadhakal Arangiloode
Directed by Athul Sabu Varughese this is a short documentary Short in Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil
13. Kinaara
Directed by Anureet Watta, Kinaara is a narrative short english film
14. Man & Wife
Directed by Rahul Roye this film is available in Bengali and English languages
15. Mitr Clinic – Pride And Beyond
Directed by Shrikkanth Govindarajan this is short documentary in english and hindi
16. Muhafiz
Muhafiz is directed by Pradipta Ray and is a narrative short film in Gujarati and Hindi
17. Mumu Shelley
Directed by Batul Mukhtiar is a Bengali, English and Hindi narrative short film.
18. Naanu Ladies
Directed by Shailaja Padindala, Naanu Ladies is a narrative feature film.
19. Kaagaz Ke Pankh
Kaagaz Ke Pankh is directed by Kshitij Kumar Pandey and is a Narrative Short film in English and Hindi.
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20. Gair
Gair is directed by Nishant Roy Bombarde and is a narrative short film in Hindi
21.Partner
Directed by Trupil Sharad Patil is a short film in the Marathi language.
22. Sanwri – Love Beyond Gender
Sanwri – Love Beyond Gender is a directed by Pallavi Roy is a Hindi film.
23. Taap – About Mercury Rolling Down The Bodies
Directed by Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar, Taap – About Mercury Rolling Down The Bodies is a Marathi film.
24. The Caress
Directed by Bhargav Lahkar this one is a 15 min narrative short Assamese movie.
25. The Florist
Directed by Priyam Chanda, The Florist is a Bengali short film.
26. The Sorrow Of Love
Directed by Sohag Sen this is a Bengali and English narrative short.
27. Kathekagala Kanive
Directed by Vikas Badiger is a Short Documentary in Kannada
28. Third
Directed by Manash Pratim Dutta this is a documentary short in Assamese and English.
29. Thodi Si Khushi
Directed by Ashish Madurwar this is a narrative short in Hindi language
30. Trans Kashmir
Directed by Surbhi Dewan and S A Hanan Trans Kashmir is a documentary feature in English, Kashmiri and Urdu.
