StarCast : Sanjay Suri, Radhika Apte, Shernaz Patel, Anurag Kashyap, Pooja Gandhi, Rahul Bose, Arjun Mathur, Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh, Nandita Das, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Purab Kohli, Anurag Basu, Manav Kaul, Rushad Rana and Others
DVD Features:Dolby,English/French/German/Italian/Spanish Subtitles,PAL Format
Music : Amit Trivedi, Rajiv Bhalla, Vivek Philip
Cinematography : Arvind Kannabiran
Producer: Onir, Sanjay Suri
Director: Onir
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This is a film with four stories in it.
I AM- Omar
This is about Omar (arjun) who is an aspiring model/actor and is ready to do anything for a break. He meets up with a noted personality (rahul) and is asked for a sexual favor for the break. Meanwhile, there is a cop (abhimanyu singh) who is on the prowl and gets a whiff of what is happening. How the paths of the three cross each other and where it goes from there forms the rest of the story.
I AM- Abhimanyu
This is about Abhimanyu (sanjay) who becomes a director but has a dark childhood. He was sexually abused by his step father (anurag) and this disturbs him great deal. However, the step father passes away and Abhi decides to reveal about this to his mother (shernaz). It also reveals how the boy had to offer himself for getting his materialistic desires.
I AM - Afia
Afia (nandita) is keen on becoming a mother and doesn't get much support from her husband (manav). She decides to go for artificial insemination and gets help from a donor (purab). While Afia is keen on meeting him, he is hesitant. Eventually, he agrees and what happens after that forms the rest of the story.
I AM- Megha
Megha (juhi) is a Kashmiri pandit who returns to Kashmir after 20 years. She is haunted by her past and is witness to the atrocities a minority community faces. This affects her friendship with her good friend (manisha). However, what Afia fails to realize that the pain she has been going through is nothing different from what her friend is also going through. What happens from there forms the rest of the story.
Accolades (Courtesy: Wikipedia)
The cast of I Am at the 2011 Mumbai Queer Film Festival where the film won Best Narrative Feature. Left to right: Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, Onir, Arjun Mathur, Rahul Bose.The scripts for "Abhimanyu" and "Omar"[35] were nominated for Triangle Media Group (TMG) Global Awards.[36] I Am also won the Audience Award at the 2010 River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival, the Best Asian Film Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala,[37] and the I-VIEW Film Festival's Engendered Award for Human Rights.
Triangle Media Group’s David Flint Honorary Award for Promoting Human Rights The Triangle Media Group, Biennial Global Awards felicitated Sanjay Suri and Onir for their upcoming film I Am. The award was for Media for Social Justice. Onir was in Nottingham to receive the award from Lord Mayor of Nottingham Jeannie Packer and Vernon Coaker, MP Minister of State for Schools and Learners.
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2010 - NETPAC Award for the Best in Asian Cinema at the International Film Festival of Kerala
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2010 - Special Mention by the International Jury at the International Film Festival of Kerala
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2010 - The Engendered Award for Human Rights at the IView Film Festival
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2010 - Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival[37]
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2010 - Sanjay Suri and Onir, Media for Social Justice Award at the Biennial Global Awards
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2011 - Best Film Award at the London Asian Film Festival[38]
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2011 - Juhi Chawla, Best Actress Award at the London Asian Film Festival[39]
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2011 - Best Narrative Feature Film at the Kashish-Mumbai Queer Film Festival[40]
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2011- Onir, Best Director Award at Dainik Jagran Film Festival, New Delhi[41]
Official Selection
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Winner of I-View 2010s Engendered Award for Outstanding Contribution (Opening Film)
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Vancouver International Film Festival (Canadian Premiere) Oct. 2010
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International Film Festival of Kerala 2010 (In Competition)
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Hamburg QIFF 2010
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River to River Film Festival, Florence 2010 (Audience Choice Award, Best Film)
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Chennai International Film Festival 2010
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Guggenheim Berlin 2010
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Kandy International Film Festival, Sri Lanka 2011
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Durban International Film Festival 2011
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Human Rights Film Festival, Syracuse, New York 2011
I Am has also been opening or a closing film for the following festivals
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Opening Film London Asian Film Festival, 2011
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Closing Film Australian Indian Film Festival, 2011
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Opening Film New Zealand Indian Film Festival, 2011
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Opening The Silk Screen Film Festival, Pittsburgh(US), 2011
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Closing Film Seattle South Asian Film Festival, 2011
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