Breaking Free (film)

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Breaking Free

Directed by	Sridhar Rangayan
Written by	Sridhar Rangayan, Saagar Gupta
Produced by	Solaris Pictures
Distributed by	Solaris Pictures
Release date	29 May 2015 (2015-05-29)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi/ English

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]

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

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

References

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

External links

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LGBTQ rights in India

States

Rights	Kerala Tamil Nadu
Relationship recognition	Andhra Pradesh Goa Karnataka Kerala Tamil Nadu

Judgments

LGBTQ Rights Case Law in India

Statutes

Legal status

Gender Identity	Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014
Sexual Orientation	Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code

Healthcare

Parenthood

Organisations

Government bodies	National Council for Transgender Persons

Culture

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