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68 Pages
68 Pages

68 Pages

Marked by Pain, Bound by Hope

Genres

Drama

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Coming from a country like India that is still in denial, where being HIV+ is still a curse, '68 Pages' rips open the underbelly of its society to reveal how it stigmatizes and shuns those who are HIV+ or even those who just want to be what they are. Through 68 Pages of a counselors diary, we see the stories of Paayal, a sex worker; Nishit, an ID user; Kiran, a gay man and Umrao, a transsexual bar dancer - their stories of pain and fear, humiliation and rejection - not only by the society, but even by their loved ones.

Others

Budget

$47200

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Hindi

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

4.6/10

Release Date

09 December 2007

Country

India

Cast

Joy Sengupta

Joy Sengupta

Kiran

Mouli Ganguly

Mouli Ganguly

Mansi

Jayati Bhatia

Jayati Bhatia

Paayal

Zafar Karachiwala

Zafar Karachiwala

Nishit

Uday Sonawana

Uday Sonawana

Umesh / Umrao

Bakul Thakkar

Bakul Thakkar

Ranvir

Sherrin Verghese

Sherrin Verghese

Mohit

Ikhlaq Khan

Ikhlaq Khan

Dr. Javed

Mangala Kenkre

Mangala Kenkre

Moushi (as Mangal Kenkre)

Delnaaz Irani

Delnaaz Irani

Neha

Aastha Jain

Aastha Jain

Lalli

Ram Awana

Ram Awana

Trucker

Sujata Thakar

Sujata Thakar

Ranvir's Wife

Ajai Rohilla

Ajai Rohilla

Shetty

Rupal Patel

Rupal Patel

Umrao's Mother

Pratik Gandhi

Pratik Gandhi

Umrao's Brother

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