Sridhar Rangayan
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| Occupation(s) | Film Director, Scriptwriter, Producer |
Sridhar Rangayan (also spelt Sridhar Rangaihn or Sridhar Rangayyan) is an independent film director and script writer.
Introduction
Sridhar Rangayan is an Award Winning Indian Filmmaker who has received international acclaim through his sensitive and bold films like The Pink Mirror and Yours Emotionally as well as entertaining children film - The Sensational Six [1]
Profile
A Graduate in Engineering (KREC) and Post-graduate in Design from IDC,IIT, Bombay, Sridhar Rangayan switched tracks from designing carpets to apprenticing with eminent Indian directors like Sai Paranjpye, Kalpana Lajmi and Dev Benegal.
Setting off as an independent writer / director in 1999 he has scripted and directed television content covering various genres - comedy, romance, drama and thrillers. His latest serial was the first Indian serial to be shot on a luxury cruiseliner and in Singapore & Malaysia.
His award winnng debut short film The Pink Mirror, produced by his own company Solaris Pictures, has screened at a record number of 62 international film festivals till date. It also garnered global attention for being the first film on Indian drag queens and is one of the very few independent films from India to acquire distribution in US and Europe.
His first 35mm feature, a children film that combines breezy fun-filled adventure with social values, won the Bronze Remi Award at WorldFest, Houston and has been screened at international children film festivals.
Apart from filmmaking, he is also actively involved with human rights issues and the disability sector.
Selective Filmography
Yours Emotionally!
Drama/Gay / HD / 86 mins / UK-India / 2006
Directed and Written by Sridhar Rangayan
Produced by Wise Thoughts (UK) and Solaris Pictures (India)
To one young man traveling from England to the home of his ancestors, India is an endless gay paradise. Ravi (Premjit) and his buddy Paul (Jack Lamport) arrive and find playful sex at every turn, whether it's the orgy they stumble upon, the gay-owned hotel they shack-up in, or the instantaneous, albeit problematic relationship they form with the attractive Mani (Prateek Gandhi). Yours Emotionally! doesn't shy away from fancy film techniques, dealing with the problems that face India's gay community, or simply reveling in the male form.
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Distributed by Waterbearer Films [3]
DVDs released by Amazon , TLA Videos, CD Universe
Awards
South Asian Achievers Award 2006 by Triangle Media
Jury Award for Best Film at ‘Fire Island Film Festival 2004, New York, USA
(for film “Gulabi Aaina)
Bronze Remi Award at WorldFest 2004, Houston (for children film “Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo’ – CFSI )
Best Film of the Festival award at ‘Question de Genre’ film festival 2003, Lille, France (for film “Gulabi Aaina)
RAPA award for Best Comedy Episode, 1999 (for “Piya Ka Ghar” – Gubbare, Zee TV)
RAPA award for Best Telefilm, 2000 (for “Khamoshiyaan” – Rishtey, Zee TV)
Press
Controversial Film Director Wins South Asian Achievers Award January 13, 2007
Los Angeles, CA - Coming on the heels of a successful opening of his sensationally erotic gay feature Yours Emotionally at festivals in the US, Poland and Holland, internationally acclaimed director Sridhar Rangayan now has yet another feather in his cap.
He was recently awarded the 'South Asian & Foreign Achievers Award' by Triangle Media, UK, for his outstanding mark and contribution in the global mainstream media. The other awardees were M.Night Shyamalan, Shabana Azmi, Farah Khan and Jugmohan Mundra.
The controversial Indian director whose earlier film was banned says he feels vindicated.
"My work is being recognized internationally even if it remains invisible in my own home country. I wish things would change and there is more acceptance to diversity in South Asian countries too."
Rangayan earlier has won the 'Jury Award for Best Film' at New York and France for his banned drag queen film The Pink Mirror as well as a 'Remi Bronze Award' at WorldFest, Houston for his children film 'Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo' [4] .