Synopsis

"Afia" - A single woman (Nandita Das) decides to become a mother using a sperm donor.<br/> "Megha" - Almost 20 years after leaving Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandit Megha (Juhi Chawla) returns home on a business trip to find her childhood Muslim friend Rubina (Manisha Koirala) has suffered too. "Megha" is inspired by Sanjay Suri's experiences in Kashmir.<br/>"Abhimanyu" - Abhimanyu (Sanjay Suri), a successful director, is haunted by memories of sexual abuse as a child. He must deal with his dark memories even as he struggles with his sexual identity. "Abhimanyu" is based on the experiences of fashion designer Ganesh Nallari and gay rights activist Harish Iyer.<br/>"Omar" - Jai, from Bangalore, (Rahul Bose) meets Omar, a struggling actor in Mumbai, (Arjun Mathur). They flirt and have dinner together and then have sex at a public place. A policeman (Abhimanyu Singh) comes and manhandles them both and threatens Jai to turn him in under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and blackmails into giving 100,000 Rupees as bribe. Omar goes with Jai's ATM card to draw money, and meanwhile policeman forcibly has sex with Jai. Omar returns with 50,000 Rupees, that policeman takes and also takes mobiles of both Jai and Omar. Then he takes Omar along with him against protests of Jai (A hint of policeman taking Omar to have sex with him too). Later on Jai meets Omar again in a hotel and tell him that later that night, Jai had gone and woke up a big lawyer and went with him to the police station to get Omar released only to find that Omar was never there and then he realized that Omar was a part of setup to extort money from Jai."Omar" is inspired by stories and research material provided by the online portal Gay Bombay.<br/>
Starring
Nandita Das , Purab Kohli , Anurag Basu , more..
Director
Onir
Language
Hindi
Genre
Release Date
Fri Apr, 29 2011

Cast Overview

Nandita Das
... Afia
Purab Kohli
... Suraj
Anurag Basu
... Doctor Basu
Manav Kaul
... Manav in a special appearance

Crew Overview

Sanjay Suri
... Producer
Onir
... Producer
Onir
... Story / Writers
Urmi Juvekar
... Story / Writers
Merle Kroeger
... Story / Writers