‘Leaving her girlfriend Kat in the car, Rajinder enters her house to announce to her parents she is gay. But before she can break the news her parents tell her they have arranged for her to marry Sandeep. Rajinder is faced with a difficult choice. Should she sacrifice love for her family’s honour or refuse to marry a man she doesn’t know and shame her family?’
Commissioned by Barnardo’s (SECOS), funded by the BME Network and made through Concept Pictures, to highlight issues of forced marriage in the Asian community. The film stars Pooja Shah of ‘Eastenders’ and Harvey Virdi of ‘Coronation Street’. Both actresses also appearing in ‘Bend it like Beckham’. Also featuring Bollywood actress Taru Devani.
Winner - Best Actress - Pooja Shah - Rob Knox Film Festival 2010
Winner - Best Drama - Limelight Film and Arts Awards 2010
United Nations funded LBT Consultation on HIV/AIDS - Mumbai 2010
Official selection – ‘Queer as Film’ film festival 2010
ARC Cinema, Stockton 2010
Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2010
Indian Film Festival 2010
Saltburn Film Festival 2010
Portobello Film and Video Festival 2010
Cast: Pooja Shah, Harvey Virdi, Waleed Khalid, Nicola Airey, Anaamika Menon, Taru Devani, Amer Raiz, Shafik Obrai, Sonia Singh, Rajinder Singh
Drama 2009 Running time: 16 mins
Director: Garry Moore
Barnardos (SECOS) which deals with the sexual exploitation of children can be contacted in the following ways:
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