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IAM in New York based Film critic & journalists Aseem Chabbra’s list of SPECIAL MOMENTS in 2011 Hindi Cinema read more… IAM features in SUDISH KAMAT’S list of Favorite films from 2011 read more… THE TELEGRAPH, CALCUTTA LISTS IAM as one of the Memorable movies of 2011 SUBHASH K JHA mentions IAM in his top 10 movies of the year read more… RAJEEV MASAND’S IAM one of the 5 films you should’ve watched this year read more… HARSH MANDER lists ...

Film Review 2 Issue 21, October 2011 I AM: Afia, Megha, Abhimanyu and Omar Dir: Onir, India, 2011 A Review by Rohit K Dasgupta, University of the Arts, London Indian films outside the rubric of ‘Popular Indian Cinema’ are little seen or heard of abroad. Some are celebrated at film festivals but few are shown in mainstream theatres. Onir’s entry into Bollywood, in 2005, with My brother Nikhil, heralded a new beginning, being the first mainstream film dealing with queer ...

Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS): Director Onir’s “I AM”, a film that strings four different stories, has been selected for screening in the competition section at the ongoing international film festival in Spain. “‘I AM’ has been selected to be screened at the 56th Valladolid International Film Festival in competition section,” Sanjay Suri, who runs production company Anticlock Films with Onir, tweeted Sunday. Released in April, the film has four short films – “Omar”, “Afia”, “Abhimanyu” and “Megha”. They talk about ...

New Delhi: Cinema which was once considered profane, offensive, with producers and distributers not wanting to touch with a barge pole, are gradually finding their way on the Hindi screen. This has been possible as directors like Onir, who had fearlessly taken up issues prevalent in our society yet are not liked to be talked or discussed in a whispered tone. The director known for critically acclaimed movies like ‘Bas Ek Pal’ and ‘My Brother…Nikhil’, has once again urged Indian ...

Director Onir’s I AM, which released in India earlier this year, is a movie about four inter-connected stories – I Am Omar, I Am Megha, I Am Abhimanyu and I Am Afia. Each of the four stories cover topics not generally seen in Indian films and shed light on stories that need to be told. The lead roles were portrayed by some of the best in the industry including Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Arjun Mathur and Nandita Sen ...

After collecting accolades at most popular film festivals globally, director Onir and producer-actor Sanjay Suri are now heading to Europe with their latest project. Called “I AM”, the movie is about four inter-connected stories – “I Am Omar”, “I Am Megha”, “I Am Abhimanyu” and “I Am Afia” with Sanjay Suri, Anurag Kashyap, Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala and Nandita Sen, among others, playing prominent roles in the flick. The movie released earlier this year in the country, but ...

The Anticlock Films team of Onir Dhar and Sanjay Suri have not only delivered a contemporary Indian film which concentrates on the lives of four people, who in their own right are pushing the boundaries of convention, but have leveraged funding for the film by introducing co-ownership in the form of crowd-sourcing via the Internet Starring: Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Nandita Das, Purab Kohli, Sanjay Suri, Radhika Apte, Rahul Bose, Arjun Mathur, Abhimanyu Singh Taking four stories, each of which ...

It’s another feather in the cap for Director Onir whose internationally acclaimed film I AM has made it to yet another international film festival. This time the film travels to Durban where it has been officially selected for the Durban International Film Festival. After this the film will also be showcased in Amsterdam at the World Cinema Festival. The film actors of course are very happy with the achievements of the film. Sanjay Suri tweeted about the latest achievement on ...

Other than the obvious hits and misses, there are always films that surprise you. This kind emerges from nowhere, has little going for it yet it turns out to be the dark horse. The first half of 2011 had numerous surprises in store for us and they surpassed our expectations by either doing great business or garnering critical acclaim. Or both. In this last part of our series on the box office so far, here are sleeper hits that gradually ...

Living in the rapidly developing cities of India can often cause us to ask ourselves this question. The film I Am released now on Junglee Home DVD doesn’t promise to answer this question for you, but it is a fusion of stories about people in this very situation. It’s about finding lost identities and upholding your dignity in this ever changing urban lifestyle. Directed by Onir, starring Juhi Chawla, Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, Sanjay Suri and Manisha Koirala, I Am ...

MOVIE DETAILS Cast: Sanjay Suri, Radhika Apte, Shernaz Patel, Anurag Kashyap, Rahul Bose, Arjun Mathur, Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh, Nandita Das, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Purab Kohli Director: Onir Producer: Onir, Sanjay Suri Music: Amit Trivedi, Rajiv Bhalla, Vivek Philip Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya, Amitabh Varma, Rajiv Bhalla THE FILM What strikes most about I Am is that despite being made entirely on the basis of donation and funds through makers’ friends and absolute strangers, there are no corners cut when it ...

As an independent filmmaker, how do you make the movie you want to make, when you don’t have funds? Onir decided to go to the people Name: Onir (Anirban Dhar) Profession: Film director Movies: My Brother Nikhil, Bas Ek Pal, Sorry Bhai. His latest film, I AM, explores such themes as homosexuality, child sexual abuse, displacement of Hindus in Kashmir and the dilemmas of in-vitro fertilisation. For me I AM has been a very interesting experience. We made this film ...