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		<title>Q &amp; A with Faraz Ansari on His Upcoming Queer Short Featuring Shabana Azmi</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh from the success of India’s first LGBT+ short film Sisak winning 59 international awards, filmmaker Faraz Ansari has now embarked on another ambitious short film—Sheer Qorma. The film, under production, tells a story of a daughter (Divya Dutta), who is in a same-sex marriage and returns with her partner (Swara Bhasker) to seek the approval of her mother (Shabana Azmi). The stellar cast and story are already creating a buzz in]]></description>
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		<title>A New Generation of Desi Filmmakers Puts Gay Characters Front and Center</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of us desi queers binge watching Made in Heaven are witnessing a not-so-quiet  revolution on the digital screen. While Bollywood plays catch up on the silver screen with the recent release of Ek Ladki Ko Dekha, internet-driven platforms have been offering wider and fuller representation of LGBTQ Indian characters for the past couple years. Made in Heaven, the steamy web series directed by Zoya Akhtar that premiered on Amazon in March, chronicles]]></description>
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		<title>SISAK&#8217;s New York Debut at NYIFF on May 2nd</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sisak, which we talked about here, will finally have its New York debut at the at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) on May 2nd at 9:15 PM.  Sisak, which is billed as India&#8217;s first Silent LGBTQ love story had its world premier on April 4 in Boston is the Official Selection at Thessaloniki International L.G.B.T.Q Film Festival and Playa Pride! in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. And for anyone in Pennsylvania this weekend,]]></description>
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		<title>Sisak—India&#8217;s First Silent Gay Short Film Debuts at Boston&#8217;s Wicked Queer Fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2017 15:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sisak—India&#8217;s first silent LGBT short film will debut at Wicked Queer: Boston LGBT Film Festival in April. Written &#38; Directed by Faraz Arif Ansari, Sisak follows the story of two men in Mumbai whose eyes meet on their regular train commute.  Burdened with the larger social (and legal) scorn the two are unable to say anything to each other as their love grows in silence. The chemistry between lead actors Jitin Gulati and]]></description>
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