Breaking Free (film)
Breaking Free is a 2015 film directed by Sridhar Rangayan and produced by Solaris Pictures. In this documentary, filmmaker and gay activist Sridhar Rangayan embarks on a personal journey to expose the human rights violations faced by the LGBTQ community in India due to a draconian law Section 377 and homophobic social mores of a patriarchal society.
The film was selected to be part of the Indian Panorama and screened at International Film Festival of India in 2015.
It won the Rajat Kamal National Award for Best Editing in 2016 for its editors Pravin Angre and Sridhar Rangayan. It also won the Barbara Gittings Human Rights Award at qFLIX Philadelphia in 2016.
It is currently streaming on Netflix.Cast
- Anand Grover
- Arvind Narrain
- Ashok Row Kavi
- Jaya Sharma
- Manohar Elavarthi
- Maya Sharma
- Pallav Patankar
- Shobhna Kumar
- Sridhar Rangayan
- Vivek Anand