Nepal gays seek inspiration from B-wood's 'I Am' (IBNLive)
Still portrayed as buffoons, aliens and despicable people by their own silver screen story-tellers, Nepal's burgeoning gay community is now hoping Bollywood's path-breaking films like I Am and My Brother Nikhil will give Nepali filmmakers the right perspective one day.
Bollywood film director Anirban Dhar, whose I Am, starring Nepal's Manisha Koirala and Bollywood's Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla, Nandita Das and Sanjay Suri, released in India last month, is arriving in Kathmandu for a special screening of the film on Sunday after Nepal's film distributors refused to touch his offbeat venture, fearing it would bomb at the box office.
Nepal's pioneering gay rights organisation, the Blue Diamond Society (BDS), is the host of the special show as part of celebrations to mark its 10th birth anniversary.
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