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68 Pages

Country: India, Language: Hindi, 92 mins

  • Director: Sridhar Rangayan
  • Writer: Vivek Anand; Saagar Gupta
  • Producer: Vivek Anand; Himanshu Mehra

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It really is terrible - BUT...and, it is a very big 'but' - the heart behind this is absolutely massive.

All input - technical and creative - is floundering on the amateur...you have to admire their tenacity and dedication - it really is heartfelt.

Pansy perversion - a phrase that will live on...forever.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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 counselors diary, we see the stories of Paayal, a sex worker; Nishit, an ID user; Kiran, a gay man and Umrao, a transsexual 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.

Cast & Characters

Mouli Ganguly as Mansi;
Joy Sengupta as Kiran;
Jayati Bhatia as Paayal;
Zafar Karachiwala as Nishit;
Uday Sonawane as Umesh / Umrao;
Abhay Kulkarni as Nathu;
Bakul Thakker as Ranvir;
Sherrin Verghese as Mohit;
Ajai Rohilla as Shetty;
Ikhlaq Khan as Dr.Javed;
Mangala Kenkre as Moushi;
Dilnaz Irani as Neha;
Aastha Jain as Lalli;
Ram Awana as Trucker;
Sujata Thakar as Ranvir's wife