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Identity Keepers

by The Daily Eye Team June 19 2017, 3:51 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 30 secs

Sridhar Rangayan, festival director and founder of Kashish, on the recent edition of the queer film festival, being inclusive, and opening up discussions on sexuality When the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival began in 2010, it got 200 submissions. That number grew to over 1,200 this year. In an interview, Sridhar Rangayan spoke on shaping the mainstream narrative about the LGBTQ community, addressing patriarchy and catering to a mature audience. With 145 screenings, the recently concluded edition of the festival, which had Arjun Kapoor inaugurate it, was bigger than previous years. Has Kashish arrived on the festival scene?

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Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri


Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri is a film buff and an editor. Books commissioned and edited by him have won the National Award for Best Book on Cinema twice and the inaugural MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Images) Award for Best Writing on Cinema. In 2017, he was named Editor of the Year by the apex publishing body, Publishing Next. He has written for the online magazine Film Companion. He is a consultant, writer and editor for the newly launched film website Cinemaazi.com. He is the author of two books: Whims – A Book of Poems (published by Writers Workshop) and Icons from Bollywood (published by Penguin/Puffin).    


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