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  Gulabi Aaina (The Pink Mirror) (2003)
 
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A comic-tragic evening with two Indian drag queens and a gay teenager as they attempt to seduce a handsome bisexual hunk.

Apart from being a drag romp set a la Bollywood entertainer with song and dance routines, the film is an exposition of the Indian gay landscape, the humanly tender bonds between drag queens in India who form unique, non-patriarchal families and the lurking impact of HIV/AIDS.

The film draws interesting comparisons between indigenous Indian Drag Queens who are a vanishing clan and the contemporary young gays of Bombay city’s queer culture with borrowed western gay identity.

BANNED in India because of its homosexual content, the film has received tremendous recognition and appreciation at 71 international film festivals around the world and has been feted with several awards including Jury Award for Best Feature at Fire Island Film Festival, New York and Best Film of the Festival award (Le Prix Comtesse des Flandres) at Le Festival Question de Genre de Lille, France.

This underground indie film has been dubbed a cult film for being the first ever Indian film to reach so far and wide, offering a peep into the darkly closeted Indian homosexual world with empathy and sensitivity.

 
 
   
cast and crew

genre: gay & lesbian

country: India

language: Hindi

subtitles: Hindi

runtime: 40 minutes

rating: Not Rated

 
cast and crew

Sridhar Rangayan:
Producer
Solaris Pictures:
Production
Sridhar Rangayan:
Director
Sridhar Rangayan:
Screenplay
Sridhar Rangayan:
Story
Santosh Sawant:
Sound
Saagar Gupta:
Art Director
Ajay Paralkar:
Editor

Aashish Rego:
Music
Deepak Pandey:
Cinematographer
Edwin Fernandes:
Actor
Ramesh Menon:
Actor
Rishi Raj:
Actor
Rufy Baqal:
Actor
Deepak Sonavane:
Actor

 
   
festivals
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival 2005 (Newport, United States)
  • Commonwealth Film Festival 2004 (Manchester, United Kingdom)
  • San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2003 (San Francisco, United States)
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    awards
  • Jury Award for Best Feature
    2004 Fire Island FIlm and Video Festival (Cherry Grove, Fire Island, NY)
  • Le Prix Comtesse des Flandres' - Best Film
    2003 Question de Genre (Lille, FRANCE)
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    The wonder is that it was not made before. The reality is that it is here now.

    ~ Ashok Row Kavi, Pioneering Gay Activist; Chairman, The Humsafar Trust, India



    Intimate, sad and humorous…Gulabi Aaina... An excellent example of Indian cinema, and it is surprising to know that it has been prohibited in its country.

    ~ Gaybarcelona.net, SPAIN



    The most affecting of the four videos in the India Pink package from India… The Pink Mirror… Abjuring the artifice of drag dramas, director Sridhar Rangayan allows his characters to care for each other, using backlighting or a close-up of a tear to underline their feelings.

    ~ Chicago Reader, Illinois, USA



    The Pink Mirror… fascinating… pleased to see Indian filmmakers are tackling sensitive subjects…

    ~ Variety Magazine, USA



    It is more than just the peeping into the closet that Rangayan intended. It's almost throwing the doors wide open for the world to look in.

    ~ Indian Express, INDIA

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