Paradise Now
2005
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.
Sridhar Rangayan
Kiran
Mansi
Paayal
Ranvir
Nishit
Umesh / Umrao
2005
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2005
1997
1985
2000
2006
1986
2022
1999
2005
2004
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1968
2007
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2023