87 minutes – Documentary, LGBTQ2+,
Language: Punjabi, English subtitles
Festival release date: September 14, 2023 – TIFF (World Premiere)
Release date: TBA
Production company: NHNT Productions Ontario Inc.
Canadian distributor:
Caught between duty and self-determination, Sirat Taneja is a transgender woman who must act as her mother’s son when at home in New Delhi, but can be the woman she really is with her friends and at work with the Government of India. A collaboration between director Deepa Mehta and Sirat, the film has been constructed around Sirat’s lens. Shot on smartphones, Sirat controls her narrative and makes it accessible to its viewers.
David Hamilton
Geeta Sondhi
Dilip Mehta
Neil Mathieson
Deepa Mehta
Sirat Taneja
Deepa Mehta
Sirat Taneja
Kabir Singh Chowdhry
Maithili Venkataraman
Sirat Taneja
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