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.

68 Pages (2007)

Marked by Pain, Bound by Hope

★ 4.3/10 December 9, 2007 92 min

Drama

Director: Sridhar Rangayan  ·  Writer: Sridhar Rangayan

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.

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Director

Sridhar Rangayan

Cast

Joy Sengupta Kiran Mouli Ganguly Mansi Jayati Bhatia Paayal Zafar Karachiwala Nishit Uday Sonawana Umesh / Umrao Bakul Thakkar Ranvir Sherrin Verghese Mohit Ikhlaq Khan Dr. Javed Mangala Kenkre Moushi (as Mangal Kenkre) Delnaaz Irani Neha Aastha Jain Lalli Ram Awana Trucker