On Sunday, it’s more than just an acting workshop for the queer community that’s taking place at a swanky hotel’s ground level in New Delhi. Advertising“I have been looking for a year, but as luck would have it, there are no trans-actors in the country. The work for Sabr is done, I have great actors on board, right from Shweta Tripathi to Swara Bhaskar, but I don’t have a lead actor,” he says. After their own theatrical warm-up, two participants stand amidst the circle and enact a scene from Ansari’s film, Sisak, which is India’s first silent LGBTQ film. Speaking about his journey, he says, “Being a queer filmmaker is a challenge and it’s difficult to find others like yourself.

Source: Indian Express November 18, 2019 12:22 UTC