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Holy Rights
Holy Rights
Holy Rights
Holy Rights
Holy Rights
Holy Rights
Ripples Under The Skin
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Ripples Under The Skin
Ripples Under The Skin
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Stop Acid Attack
The Jungle Man… Loiya
I Am Bonnie
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A Kurta For Eid

I am Bonnie

I am Bonnie

‘I am Bonnie’/47min (Director-Editor/2016)
*Co-directed with Sourabh Kanti Dutta & Satarupa Santra

Bonnie has been on the run from his family and sports fraternity since failing ' sex test' right before the Bangkok Asian Games in 1998. A born intersex 'Bandana ', s/he went on to become one of the finest strikers in Indian woman' s football in her/his short career. After failing sex test, media accused her/him of cheating. Officials forgot her/him soon. Friends disappeared. Her/his career was over. Bandana decided to undergo Sex Re-assignment Surgery (SRS) and became a male-'Bonnie'. But his family disowned him and he left home. His fight to establish his identity, struggle for existence met by a sarcastic society yet to learn to take 'other genders' seriously.

BFI Flare - London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

  • President's National Award for best film on social issues- 2017
  • Best Documentary at Kolkata International Film Festival-2016
  • Best Documentary (2nd Prize) : 5th Smita Patil Intl. Film Festival- 2017
  • Satyajit Ray Silver Award at the South Asian Short Film Festival - 2019
  • Special Jury Mention at Mumbai International Film Festival- 2018