Dunno Y... Na Jaane Kyon (2010)

Original title

Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun...

Directed by

Sanjay Sharma

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

16

Rating

3.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in India navigates his sexuality and falls into a forbidden romance. The story follows his internal struggle and the challenges he faces in a society where being gay is not widely accepted.

emotionalromanticpoignantintimatehopefulmelancholicsincereslow-paced

What happens

Dunno Y ... Na Jaane Kyon (transl. Don't know why) is a 2010 bilingual Indian film. It was directed by Sanjay Sharma and written by Kapil Sharma, who also played the lead. It premiered in April 2010 at India's first mainstream gay film festival, the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. The film had its North American premiere at the I View Film Festival in New York City and was screened at the Sydney Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of London (IFFL) and Filmfest homochrom in Germany. Dunno Y... Na Jaane Kyon was released in theatres in Austria, Italy and Switzerland in September 2010. The film received the Best Sensitive Award at the Kashish Queer International film festival 2010 and the Viewer Choice Award at the Satrang Film Festival of Sydney 2010. It also won the Best Film awards at the Poland Film Festival 2014, Naples Italy 2014, and the Nasik International Film Festival 2014. Lead actors, Yuvraaj Parashar and Kapil Sharma won Best Actor awards at Out View Film Festival Greece 2012. The film was screened at 17 international film festivals. A sequel has also been made starring Zeenat Aman, Kapil Sharma and Yuvraaj Parashar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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