2012 | India
Bengali | 58 mins
Director: Sankhajit Biswas
Screening on 31st January 2014 ( Download Schedule PDF)
This is a story of Chiranjit and Bubai – two young transgender friends from Kolkata. They drop out from school because of their feminine disposition. Hailing from poor and uneducated families, they confront social ostracisation from a tender age.
However, it helps strengthen their bond as friends. Like many other transgender boys, Chiranjit and Bubai get exposed to sexual acts at a premature time. Advised by their elder community members, they start taking money for sex.
In 2009, they join Manas Bangla, a non-profit organization working on LGBT advocacy and HIV awareness. Their job is to generate consciousness amongst high risk youth and bring them in for blood tests. Chiranjit gets a promotion in Manas Bangla and becomes Bubai’s superior. But this development in their life and career creates a rift. Soon they stop talking to each other.
(Part of the Special Package from the Bangalore Queer Film Festival)
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