Breaking Free (film)

Breaking Free is a 2015 film directed by Sridhar Rangayan and produced by Solaris Pictures. In this documentary, filmmaker and gay activist Sridhar Rangayan embarks on a personal journey to expose the human rights violations faced by the LGBTQ community in India due to a draconian law Section 377 and homophobic social mores of a patriarchal society. The film was selected to be part of the Indian Panorama (non-Fiction) and screened at International Film Festival of India in 2015. [1]

Breaking Free
Directed bySridhar Rangayan
Written bySridhar Rangayan, Saagar Gupta
Produced bySolaris Pictures
Distributed bySolaris Pictures
Release date
  • 29 May 2015 (2015-05-29)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi/ English

It won the Rajat Kamal National Award for Best Editing (Non-Fiction) in 2016 for its editors Pravin Angre and Sridhar Rangayan. It also won the Barbara Gittings Human Rights Award at qFLIX Philadelphia in 2016.[2][3] It is currently streaming on Netflix.[4]

Cast

  • Anand Grover
  • Arvind Narrain
  • Ashok Row Kavi
  • Jaya Sharma
  • Manohar Elavarthi
  • Maya Sharma
  • Pallav Patankar
  • Shobhna Kumar
  • Sridhar Rangayan
  • Vivek Anand

References

  1. "In a First, LGBT Documentary Makes It to the Indian Panorama". The Better India. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. Breaking Free - IMDb, retrieved 20 November 2019
  3. "Sridhar Rangayan on the National Award, gay pride and the road ahead". The Better India. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  4. "9 Movies to Watch on Netflix for LGBTQ History Month". newnownext.com. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
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