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Copyright Sridhar Rangayan, 2009
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CREDITS
Title: Strangers In The Rain
Year: 2007
Language: English
Genre: Short feature
Duration: 30 mins
Director: Dr. Tirthankar Guha Thakurta
SYNOPSIS
Three friends with varying sexual orientations decide to live together. The story unfolds as they pass through the adversities of living in an unconventional relationship in a society too closeted with its straight jacketed perception of morality. They have a child who grows up in their loving care, until a weird sequence of events forces one of them to leave home. The story is narrated as the child, now grown-up, speaks to a journalist friend about the lives of his three parents. The film is an experimental effort by a group of amateur filmmakers. The film, shot on a handycam, is an exercise in indigenous low-budget story telling.
QUEER NOTES
A unique storyline that explores concepts of identity, sexuality and love pertinent to gay / bisexual men. This is perhaps one of the first films in India, which bases itself on bisexual relationships, and it is rendered a different dimension. One of the characters, Rahul justifies himself by questioning if a straight man can love two women at the same time, why can't a bisexual man love a man and a woman at the same time! This brings up an interesting debate about heterosexuality, homosexuality and the 'very confusing' binary state of being.
ACTOR/S IN QUEER ROLE
Rupesh Chaudhuri as Rahul (bisexual man)
Anupam Hazra as Jojo (gay man)
LINKS
Official Website:
http://tirthankar-guhathakurta.blogspot.com/2007/08/strangers-in-rain.html
queer portrayals in Indian films