Pankh (2010)

Original title

पंख

Directed by

Sudipto Chattopadhyay

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

A

Rating

3.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Bollywood film about a former child actor who was forced by his mother to play female roles on screen. As an adult, he struggles with his identity and the lingering effects of that experience.

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What happens

Pankh (transl. Wings) is a 2010 Bollywood film written and directed by Sudipto Chattopadhyaya and starring Bipasha Basu, Lilette Dubey, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ronit Roy, Sanjeeda Sheikh and newcomers Maradona Rebello and Amit Purohit. The film was released on 2 April 2010. The film is reportedly based on the case of child actor Ahsaas Channa, who's apparently a girl passed off as a boy in movies like Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and Vaastu Shastra, and also based on South-Indian actress Sujitha, who has appeared as a boy in movies during her initial career as a child artist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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