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Onir (born Anirban Dhar, 1 May 1969) is an Indian film and TV director, editor, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film My Brother…Nikhil , based on the life of Dominic d'Souza , [2] starring Sanjay Suri and Purab Kohli , which was one of the first mainstream Hindi films to deal with AIDS and same-sex relationships .
Onir. Director: I Am. Onir is an Indian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor. Born as Anirban Dhar in Samchi, Bhutan, Onir spent much of his childhood going to the cinema. Earlier, Onir studied comparative literature at Jadavpur University in 1989, he received a scholarship to study film editing at SFB/TTC in Berlin.
Jul 12, 2022 · Onir talks about his memoir, ‘I am Onir and I am Gay’, and his journey as one of India’s first and few openly queer filmmakers.
Director-producer-screenwriter Onir, who is best known for making path breaking feature films with gay protagonists, especially My Brother... Nikhil (2005) and I Am (2010), speaks to us about...
Jun 21, 2023 · It's pride month and Indian filmmaker Onir who is touted as one of the strongest voices for the LGBTQ community is back with a new film 'pine cone'. Speaking...
Jul 2, 2022 · Filmmaker Onir, 53, seems to be doing both with alacrity in his memoir, I Am Onir & I Am Gay (Viking, an imprint of Penguin, 2022), written with his sister Irene Dhar Malik, a National...
Sep 22, 2023 · Pinecone embodies an undeniable truth, resonating with the essence of filmmaker Onir's experiences. This cinematic journey delves into the complexities of queer identity and self-discovery within the evolving landscape of India's attitudes towards homosexuality.
Jan 21, 2022 · Writer-director Onir talks about the Army rejecting the script of his next feature film which has a character of a gay officer and why he thinks Indian cinema has failed to push the envelop when comes to telling queer stories.
Jun 19, 2022 · Ahead of the release of his memoir later this month, National Award-winning filmmaker Onir talks about identity, his journey and why LGBTQIA+ representation in films still has a long way to go
May 30, 2023 · Filmmaker Onir on Tuesday released the first look of his upcoming movie Pine Cone, which is set to have its world premiere at the 14th edition of the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. The film will be screened on June 7, the opening day of the gala, billed as South Asia’s biggest queer film festival.
