I Am (2011)

6.5/10 106 min Documentary Drama

Overview

I Am is a 2011 Indian anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhimanyu", and "Megha". Each film shares the common theme of fear and each is also based on real life stories. The film was financed by donations from more than 400 different people around the world, many of whom donated through social networking sites like Facebook. There are four stories but the characters are interwoven with each story. "Abhimanyu" is based on child abuse, "Omar" on gay rights, "Megha" is about Kashmiri Pandits and "Afia" deals with sperm donation. I Am was released with subtitles in all regions as six different languages are spoken in the film: Hindi, English, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Kashmiri.

Cast

Rahul Bose

Jay Gowda

Nandita Das

Afia Kidwai

Juhi Chawla Mehta

Megha

Sanjay Suri

Abhimanyu

Manisha Koirala

Rubina

Arjun Mathur

Omar

Radhika Apte

Natasha

Purab Kohli

Anurag Basu

Manav Kaul

Rushad Rana

Mushtaq Kak

Shernaz Patel

Anurag Kashyap

Pooja Gandhi

Abhimanyu Singh

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