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68 Pages (2007)

68 Pages (2007)

Drama

Marked by Pain, Bound by Hope

Release Date: 2007, December 9
Directors: Sridhar Rangayan
Countries: India
Production: Solaris Pictures
Cast: Jayati Bhatia, Ikhlaq Khan, Pratik Gandhi, Joy Sengupta, Delnaaz Irani, Mangala Kenkre, Zafar Karachiwala, Mouli Ganguly, Uday Sonawana, Bakul Thakkar, Sherrin Verghese, Aastha Jain

Overview:

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.

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