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Copyright Sridhar Rangayan, 2009
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CREDITS
Title: Bumbaiyaa
English Title : Bombayite
Year: 2007
Language: English
Genre: Feature / Documentary
Duration: 30 mins
Director: Kartikeya Narayan Singh
SYNOPSIS
The film strives to gauge the sexual attitudes of the people of the metropolis Mumbai and the relationship that the city shares with sex- the tastes, practices and multiple points of view. It follows a filmmaker, a hockey player and a transsexual activist.
QUEER NOTES
Honest, candid and outspoken, the transsexual activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi takes on an interesting journey into the spaces that she moves in � her house, friends, and a roadside bar which is her usual watering hole, Laxmi talks about her life, attitudes of people and about sex. Laxmi, is the president of an NGO, and has clearly emerged a winner in her battle to fight her natural gender identity and come to terms with her sexual orientation.8
ACTOR/S IN QUEER ROLE
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi as herself (Transgender)
LINKS
Official Website: http:// www.psbt.org/screening/library/12/
queer portrayals in Indian films