I AM is an initiative taken by Film Director/Producer Onir and Actor/Producer Sanjay Suri to make films addressing certain issues in our society. A vision to use the medium of mainstream films to spread awareness while popularizing the culture of watching content oriented cinema.

Four short stories are to be directed by Onir. Each approximately 20-25 minutes long with a unique storyline, and with four different music directors. All films have a common theme of fear and identity. Characters move in and out of one story into another thus linking them in terms of content, structure, and finally form a part of one feature film. The short films collectively will be called I AM.

With this project we hope to bring in another dimension to independent cinema in India. This project offers scope to different co-producers to partly co-produce any short film along with the main producers. We believe that independent cinema exists to give a voice to those working against the tide and outside the system.

I AM is about people with fractured lives held together by unbroken dreams.

Synopsis:
I AM is about issues and dilemmas that bruise the modern Indian society. Unraveling and exploring these tribulations, the film unfolds many a tale of individuals struggling to find their identity, and uphold their dignity in a world that is callous, cold and unsympathetic.

Short in three different cities across India, I AM is a fusion of stories where the protagonists share a common dream – a desire to regain their lives. I AM OMAR is a horrific tale of sexual discrimination; blackmail and prejudice is part of the torrid fabric. It reveals how the police use Article 377 (law under Indian Penal code which criminalizes homosexuality) to harass and blackmail gay men. I AM ABHIMANYU is the story of a child sexual abuse survivor. Most unfortunately, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and UNICEF, 53% of children in India are abused. I AM MEGHA, is a story of two friends - a Kashmiri pandit woman and a muslim woman - separated by conflict. Against the backdrop of the ethnic cleansing in Kashmir in the late 80’s and early 90’s, this story tells of loss of home and identity.

Characters move in and out of the stories, thus linking them in terms of content and structure. In all, I AM is about glimpses into the lives of people who often do not know what’s right and very often, do not do the right thing. It is also about human vulnerability and brokenness wherein lies an inescapable beauty.

I AM is born of true life incidents.

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