68 PAGES
92 min / 2007 / India / Hindi
Producer: The Humsafar Trust
Co-Producer: Solaris Pictures
Rating: A (Restricted to adult audiences)
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 counselor’s diary, we see the stories of Paayal, a sex worker; Nishit, an ID user; Kiran, a gay man and Umrao, a transgender 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.
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Credits
Director: Sridhar Rangayan
Producers:Vivek Raj Anand, Sridhar Rangayan, Saagar Gupta
Screenplay: Sridhar Rangayan; Dialogues: Vivek Raj Anand; Lyrics: Saagar Gupta
Cast: Moulli Ganguly, Jayati Bhatia, Joy Sengupta, Sherrin Verghese, Zafar Karachiwala, Dilnaz Irani, Uday Sonawane, Abhay Kulkarni, Rupal Patel
DOP:Subhransu Das; Editor: Pravin Angre; BGM: Aashish Rego Suresh Iyer
Song Composer: Band of Boys; Singers: Karan Oberoi, Sudanshu Pandey, Sherrin Verghese, Chintu Bhosle, Siddharth Haldipur, Narayani Shastri