Talk:The Pink Mirror

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I recently bought DVD of this film from Amazon. Loved it. Really campy and funny! You could check it out at the following links. Nirmal

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Critiques
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Congratulations on THE PINK MIRROR. It is totally fabulous. We have watched it twice. ~ David Pearce, Programmer, Queerscreen, Mardi Gras Film Festival, NSW, Sydney, Australia

The crowd response was very favorable. Lot's of laughs and a number of people left the movie wanting to buy our DVD compilation which surely has your film- The Pink Mirror... so I would say it was a really good showing. ~ Rob Connoley, Executive Director Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, Indiana, USA

I loved Pink Mirror. ~ Michael Barrett, Director of Programming Vancouver Queer Film + Video Festival, Canada

We adore Indian films… we were so happy to see your movie. ~ Patrick Cardon, Program Director Le Festival Question de Genre: Gay Kitsch Camp, Lille, France

Your work was part of another wildly successful festival attended by over 14,000 film lovers. We would not be able to present the largest gay & lesbian film festival in the southwest without the creativity and vision of filmmakers such as yourself. ~ Scott Dinger, Director of Programming Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

I am looking forward to seeing your film more now than ever...especially because of the content...we have a very large gay audience in Palm Springs. ~ Thomas Ethan Harris, Director of Programming Palm Springs International Short Film Festival

And you know what one of the major rules around here is - IF IT'S BANNED, IT'S GOOD. ~ Film Threat online, USA

Sridhar Rangayan’s two-year-old short feature “The Pink Mirror”, one of the most delightful films in the festival, was the first film about transvestites ever made in India and is banned in its native land. Bitchy banter, drama queen drama, handsome studs, dances and songs—and a dose of grim, health-related reality (to a melodramatic motif from Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”)—fill its 40 minutes. ~ Bruce-Michael Gelbert Critic, Fire Island Q News, USA To me Gulabi Aaina seems like bridging a gap between say, Fire and Bombay Boys, more so its in Hindi, that in my opinion is adding that breadth of reality that people seem to bypass, the language of the masses. And reading from the website and other reviews, it reminds me of Benegal's Mandi, the black comedy, which is less of a story and more of character plays set in an unashamed, gaudily portrayed, in-your-face bordello. ~ Manisha Bhalekar-Kulkarni, Art Historian & Film Critique Ohio State University

The screening at the San Francisco ILGFF went really well. The audience was mixed and Gulabi Aaina was shown with a number of other films. People, especially the Hindi speakers were giggling throughout the film. Its very exciting to see new queer images appear from India and am very proud that you, someone who did so much at Humsafar are bringing your activist and artist worlds together. ~ Javid Syed Feedback on San Francisco ILGFF screening, SF, USA

We would like to warmly & whole-heartedly congratulate you on your fabulous & most remarkable PIECE OF ART we have seen at 27th SFILGFF !!! We were absolutely taken & fascinated by your film. ~ Mr. Avi Klammer & Mr. Clarence Reese Oakland CA, U.S.A.

Congratulations! The screenings of your film were a success. ~ Xavier-Daniel, Festival Director Festival Internacional de Cinema Gai I Lèsbic, Barcelona

'''Intimate, sad and humorous…Gulabi Aaina... An excellent example of Indian cinema, and it is surprising to know that it has been prohibited in its country. ~ Daniel Prada, Film Critic Gaybarcelona.net, Spain'''

The Pink Mirror …fascinating … pleased to see Indian filmmakers are tackling sensitive subjects… ~ Bryan Pearson Variety, USA

Yeah the audience was hooting and cheering and clapping. It was the best received of the gay shorts in the program. People really enjoyed it. ~ Sandip Roy, Co-Chair, Trikone Feedback on Queer Filmistan, SF, USA

Gulabi Aaina is a heartfelt hilarious romp through the over-the-top world of our Meena Kumaris and their boytoys ... CONGRATULATIONS on your pioneering achievement. It takes great courage, conviction and dedication to put one's own finances and resources behind projects of this nature. ~ (late) Riyad Vinci Wadia, Pioneering Indian Gay Filmmaker Mumbai, India

Watching Gulabi Aaina was a great experience …so many North Indian Divas 'living it' in the audience, was something you could not barter with. ~ Vidheesh Tyagi New Delhi, India

I finally got the chance to see 'Gulabi Aaina' and I was ready to roll down the aisle, laughing! The humour is tongue-in-cheek and many of the situations (deliberately and cleverly) are satires of telly soap operas. ~ Yusuf Mumbai, India

I just got to watch Gulabi Aina, and had so much fun. Thanks for making such a fun film that covers so many things, family, love, mujras, HIV with such adeptness, without making any of it seem tragic (though there are some sad moments). ~ Javid Syed SF, USA

In some ways the film shows an "indigenous" way of same sex attraction and lifestyle there. As everyone is nervous abut cultural imperialism and importing homosexuality from the west, this shows that there are entire subcultures with their own slang and lingo that goes about being gay without needing to borrow from stonewall. At the same time other characters in the film who know about gay but not about kothi show how these different ways of looking at same sex attraction are coming together/colliding with each other in modern India. ~ Sandip Roy, Editor Trikone, SF, USA

Press
University of Iowa News Release

Aug. 29, 2005

UI Seminar Includes Free Film Screenings With 'Global Queer Cinema' Theme

The University of Iowa's Institute for Cinema and Culture and UI International Programs are co-sponsoring a film series with global gay and lesbian-related themes this fall. The Proseminar on "Global Queer Cinema" runs throughout the semester, with the last screening on Dec. 8.

All movies are free and open to the public and are screened on Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Room 101, Becker Communications Studies Building at the corner of Washington and Madison streets in Iowa City.

"Queer cinema has become a contemporary global phenomenon, reflecting the increasing visibility of gay, lesbian and transgendered people around the world," said Rosalind Galt, assistant professor of cinema and comparative literature in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Galt added that it is not just a matter of producing "positive images" -- but that queer films raise important questions about the roles of gender, sexuality and politics in cinema, and they often challenge narrative and stylistic orthodoxies. She said that the genre of queer cinema encompasses romantic comedies, documentaries, experimental shorts and all points in between.

"This proseminar traces some of the outlines of 'queer cinema' in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, from some of the earliest gay films to cutting edge work from contemporary directors," Galt said.

Corey Creekmur, director of the Institute for Cinema and Culture and associate professor of cinema and comparative literature and English, said that Galt is the first UI professor to "put together a really compelling series of films dealing with gay and lesbian-themed cinema from around the world."

"This series should fully demonstrate that the relation between non-normative sexual identities and cinema has a long and truly international history: in many countries films representing gay or lesbian life in specific cultural contexts have played a key role in the political liberation of queer people in those locations," Creekmur said. "This series offers a rare opportunity for students and the local community to compare and contrast representations of queer people in different eras and societies. At the same time, these films do not simply function as propaganda for the acceptance of a minority lifestyle: they are complex works of art and cultural significance as well."

The Institute for Cinema and Culture is affiliated with the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and with UI International Programs. International Programs consists of a number of offices, centers, academic programs, research projects and services. Organized under the associate provost and dean for International Programs, these units serve to further internationalize the campus and community and promote global scholarship.

For more information on the institute or to view the entire schedule, visit: http://intl-programs.uiowa.edu/academic/istcc/

For more information on the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature, visit: http://www.uiowa.edu/~ccl/

The schedule of movies is as follows:

Sept. 1: "Different From the Others / Anders als die Andern" (Oswald, Germany, 1919, 50 min.) "Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World" (Scagliotti, USA, 2003, 60 min.)

Sept. 8: "Funeral Parade of Roses / Bara no Soretsu" (Matsumoto, Japan, 1968, 107 min.)

Sept. 15: "Fox and his Friends / Faustrecht der Freiheit" (Fassbinder, West Germany, 1972, 123 min., 35mm)

Sept. 22: "The Law of Desire / La ley del Deseo" (Almodóvar, Spain, 1987, 98 min.)

Sept. 29: "The Garden" (Jarman, UK, 1990, 92 min.)

Oct. 6: "Watermelon Woman" (Dunye, USA, 1996, 93 min.) Winner of the Teddy Award, Berlin International Film Festival 1996

Oct. 13: "Heavenly Creatures" (Jackson, Australia, 1994, 100 min., 35mm) Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, 1994.

Oct. 20: "The Road to Love / Tarik el Hob" (Lange, France, 2004, 70 min.) "The Pink Mirror / Gulabi Aaina" (Rangayan, India, 2003, 40 min.)

Oct. 27: "Destiny / Dakan" (Camara, Guinea, 1997, 87 min.)

Nov. 3: "East Palace West Palace / Dong Gong Xi Gong" (Zhang, China, 1996, 90 min., 35mm)

Nov. 10: "Memento Mori / Yeogo Goedam II" (Kim/Min, South Korea, 1999, 98 min.)

Nov. 17: "Suddenly / Tan de Repente" (Lerman, Argentina, 2002, 90 min., 35mm)

Dec. 1: "Southern Comfort" (Davis, USA, 2001, 90 min., 35mm) Winner of the Grand Jury Prize in Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2001.

Dec. 8: "Tropical Malady / Sud Pralad" (Weerasethakul, Thailand, 2004, 114 min.) Winner of the Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 2004.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all UI-sponsored events. If you require accommodations to attend this event, or if you would like general information about the series, contact Ellen Sweeney of the Institute for Cinema and Culture at 319-335-1348 or ellen-sweeney@uiowa.edu.

STORY SOURCE: University of Iowa News Services, 300 Plaza Centre One, Suite 371, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2500.

Kiran —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.134.149.233 (talk) 07:17, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

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