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| 68 Pages | |
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 Film: '68 Pages' | |
| Directed by | Sridhar Rangayan |
| Written by | Sridhar Rangayan, Vivek Anand |
| Produced by | Humsafar Trust |
| Starring | Mouli Gangulyy Joy Sengupta Jayati Bhatia Zafar Karachiwala Uday Sonawane |
| Distributed by | Solaris Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
68 Pages is a 2007 Indian film about anHIV/AIDS counselor and five of her clients who are from marginalized communities. The film is directed bySridhar Rangayan and produced byHumsafar Trust in association withSolaris Pictures. It had its world premiere at theInternational Film Festival of Kerala and screened at several international film festivals. It won the Silver Remi award at WorldFest Houston International Film Festival 2008, USA.[1] The film was also screened in the Pink Ribbon Express, aNational AIDS Control Organisation initiative.
The film weaves together five Mumbai-based short stories about people living with AIDS from some of the marginalised sections of society.
Atranssexual bar dancer, asex worker, agay couple tell their stories of pain, trauma, happiness and hope.68 Pages reveals how society stigmatizes and shuns those who haveHIV/AIDS, or even those who are merely different.
The film was produced with support fromDepartment for International Development (DFID),UK. It was made as an advocacy effort to support theNational AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) in National AIDS Control Programme, Phase III. This initiative decided that the female sex workers, intravenous drug users, homosexuals and transgender people will be considered core groups, and HIV projects will start at a rapid pace in the next five years to serve them. During that period the film is scheduled to screen throughout the country in an attempt to change people's attitudes about those living with HIV. The film has also been mandatory resource material for all counselor training programmes in India byNACO.
Professional ethics demand that Mansi, a young counselor, maintain confidentiality, remain objective and avoid emotional attachment with her clients. As a sensitive person, she finds it difficult to remain unaffected. Her true feelings are reflected in 68 pages of her personal diary.
Her writing tells the stories of Paayal, a commercialsex worker; Nishit, an intravenous drug user; Kiran, agay man; and Umrao, atranssexual bar dancer, who are marginalized and suffer discrimination both before and after becoming infected with HIV.
