‘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