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\u00a0Short film A Lullaby for Yellow Roses<\/i> by Kolkata-based Bengali director has won the Best Social Justice Film award at the 19th <\/sup>Tasveer Film Festival and Market, the only Oscar-qualifying south Asian film festival. <\/p>\n

Directed by Rahul Roye and produced by Abdullah Al Kandari the 18-minute short stars Trimala Adhikari and Somnath Mandal in the leading roles. <\/p>\n

Set in Kolkata, the story revolves around an estranged migrant couple\u2019s journey of finding solace and friendship in each other after losing a girl child to societal customs and prejudices. This delicate topic of female feticide has been dealt with empathy by the director and has received wide appreciation from the audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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While developing the story, Roye has touched upon the sensitive and less-discussed issue of how differently men and women are expected to express their emotions, especially grief. <\/p>\n

\u201cBeing gender queer, this topic is personal for me. I could never fit myself into the societal gender binaries. I think gender is more of a political tool. The same way grief is also gendered,\u201d Roye said to The Hindu.<\/i><\/p>\n

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They point out that they have tried to portray how a man is not allowed to cry even in front of his wife when they have both lost a child because the couple never got to be friends while trying to keep up with the societal expectations of being husband and wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story started developing when my producer got in touch with me because he wanted to make a film on \u2018grief\u2019 and how grief can work as glue between two souls,\u201d says Roye as they spoke about the journey of the film and how the ideation process started.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A Lullaby for Yellow Roses <\/i>has travelled to over 87 film festivals across the world including Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying Flickerfest Australia, Brussels Short Film Festival, and London Short Film Festival among others.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The director\u00a0has previously directed the critically acclaimed queer film called Man & Wife<\/i> which was about \u201ca nonbinary person coming out to the bride to be just before the wedding in an arranged marriage setting\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In their next project Roye is developing a short which is about being an Indian man through a trans lens. The film has been in the works for the last two years and is now in the pre-production stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Published – October 25, 2024 07:08 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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