Sisak (film)

Sisak
Directed by Faraz Arif Ansari
Written by Faraz Arif Ansari
Starring Jitin Gulati
Dhruv Singhal
Running time
 20 mins
Country India
Language Silent

Sisak (2017) is the First Indian Silent LGBTQ Love Story in the format of a short film, starring Jitin Gulati and Dhruv Singhal. It is written and directed by Faraz Arif Ansari and is billed as India’s first silent queer love story. The trailer was launched by Sonam Kapoor on 30 January on Twitter.[1]

Plot

Set in Mumbai, the plot follows two young men who regularly take the same local train home. Both the men are quiet and shy, but dare to come close enough to say something to each other, but just can’t bring themselves to open their mouths. [1]

Making

Ansari exhausted all his savings to make this film as it was refused by Indian studios who weren’t comfortable dealing with a ""taboo subject."” [2] The post-production spend was gathered from a crowdsourcing campaign through Wishberry. [1] He raised $6,000 from 109 backers and the shooting was completed in 9 months. [3] The shooting was mostly done in guerrilla style in Mumbai’s local trains. [1]

Reception

The movie was screened at various film festivals around the world including Cannes, Wicked Queer in Boston, FilmOut San Diego Film Festival, 2017 KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival and also the Pune LGBT Festival screening. It has also been nominated for Satyajit Ray Award and the prestigious Iris Prize (an international LGBTQ short film prize). [2] [4]

The film was give 3.5/5 by a review on TOI and was praised as "A brave film that expresses dissent against section 377 of the Indian Penal Code".[5]

As of July 2018, it is the first Indian short film to have won 43 International Awards.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Silent short film 'Sisak' is about a love that dare not speak its name". The Scroll. 4 Feb 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 Mimansa Shekhar (13 June 2017). "Nobody wanted to produce Sisak, 2 top actors backed out too: India's first silent LGBTQ film director Faraz Arif Ansari". Indian Express. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ↑ YOGESH PAWAR (3 Feb 2017). "India's first silent LGBTQI film headed for Cannes?". DNA. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Debiparna C (17 Aug 2017). "India's First Silent LGBTQ Love Story, Sisak Nominated For The Prestigious Iris Prize". Retrieved 18 Aug 2017.
  5. ↑ "Film Review - Sisak - India's first silent LGBT short film".
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