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WE ARE FAHEEM AND KARUN


Onir | India | 2024 | 81 Mins | Kashmiri, Urdu

Sat, Nov 9 | 2:00 PM | PICTURETIME 2 (FOOTBALL GROUND)

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Karun, a young security officer from South India, is stationed in Gurez, a remote village in Kashmir. One day, a charming man named Faheem comes to the check post and meets Karun. This marks the beginning of a romance, which, from the outset, is doomed – Faheem, bound by the societal taboos surrounding homosexuality in the context of his religion, cannot live openly, while Karun, due to the constraints of his profession, must also hide his true self. The film explores the intersection of love, identity, and repression in a region steeped in conflict.

Onir

Onir

Onir is best known for My Brother…Nikhil, one of the first mainstream Hindi films to address AIDS and same-sex relationships. He won the National Film Award for Best Film (Hindi) for I Am (2011), which focused on single motherhood, child sexual abuse, displacement, and LGBTQI+ rights. Onir also produced Chauranga (Four Colours), which won Best Script at the Goa Film Bazaar and Best Film India Gold at MAMI and IFFLA. He has been honoured with the Likho Award (2018), Diversity Award (2019), and the Engendered Spirit of Independent Cinema Award (2020).

Producer : Onir
Writer : Onir and Fawzia Mirzia
Cinematographer : Ramananda Sarkar
Editor : Onir and Irene Dhar Malik
Sound : Arun Nambiar
Music : Vivek Philip and Pritam
Cast : Mir Tawseef, Akash Memnon , Mir Salman, Sana Javed

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