DIALOGUES- 18th Calcutta LGBTQIA+ Film & Video Festival

Sanjoy Nag in conversation with the Filmmakers Sankhajit Biswas and Debolina Majumdar

Sanjoy Nag in conversation with the Filmmakers Sankhajit Biswas and Debolina Majumdar along with the characters of A Home For My Heart & Beyond the Blues

About A Home for My Heart: An intimate portrayal of Sudeb Suvana, a transgender, who undergoes Gender Affirmative Surgery in order to negotiate the conflict of body and mind. This decision creates turmoil in her family, who fear societal backlash.

As love remains elusive as always, Sudeb realizes that the surgery could not change her destiny as a transgender, forcing her to reconcile with the reality anew.

About Beyond the Blues:

What does it mean to not just break binaries, but to queer them too. When Neel decides to transition from his assigned gender at birth he is rendered homeless having to leave his parental home. But does he find the expected/promised shelter in his affirmed gender? Does he find familiarity in his chosen-lived life?

Beyond the blues is a journey of breaking and unmaking binaries, never quite settling down in the comfort of borders and categorisations. It is the story of finding love and resilience in quiet corners, feline kinships and vibrant colors of the rainbow. It is a promise to hold hands, walk in strength and solidarity, to facilitate newer journeys.

About the Panelists:

Sanjoy Nag:

Sanjoy Nag started out with documentaries before branching out to feature films. His debut feature ‘MEMORIES IN MARCH’, starring Rituparno Ghosh, Raima Sen & Deepti Naval, won him the Indian National Award in 2010 & was world premiered at the New Currents Section, Busan International Film Festival 2010. It was also screened at the Indian Panorama, IFFI, Goa ‘2011; MAMI, Mumbai; Kerala IFF, Durban IFF, South Africa and numerous others across the globe. He has just completed a Hindi feature "GULAB" with Tanya Maniktala, Paoli Dam & others. His Hindi feature ‘YOURS TRULY’ starring Soni Razdan, Pankaj Tripathi, Aahana Kumra & Mahesh Bhatt had its World Premiere at the Busan International Film Festival 2018 and is currently streaming on ZEE5. It recently won the Best Digital Film Award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival, 2020. ‘PARAPAAR' (2014) was his sophomore feature followed by ‘GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE’ starring Revathy, Shweta Tripathi, Rituparna Sengupta, Tejaswini & Shabana Azmi with music composed by M M Kreem. He is waiting to film ‘MUJHE JAAN NA KAHO MERI JAAN’ (a.k.a. Starring Ranbir & Hrithik) which was selected for the Asian Projects Market, Busan International Film Festival, 2016. An obsessive foodie and traveller, he dons the grease paint only for exciting roles – playing Rabindranath Tagore was one such in ‘JEEVAN SMRITI – Selective Memories’ directed by late auteur Rituparno Ghosh.