Synopsis: I AM OMAR (2009)
CAST: Rahul Bose, Arjun Mathur, Abhimanyu Singh (from GULAL)
LOCATION: Shot in Mumbai
OMAR is a film that reveals the nexus between the police and Male sex workers to blackmail and abuse gay men. In India because of the archaic law created by the British, which has been long discarded in UK; law under article 377 criminalizes homosexuality, whereas any man caught in a homosexual act can be imprisoned for life. The police to harass and extort money from gay men very often use this law.
OMAR tells the story of how because of fear of society and law Gay men very often get blackmailed, and are scared to do anything about it. This film is based on real life stories and incidences. It questions the law and a society where the concern should be addressing the deep and growing violence in society, but instead concentrates to go all up in arms against an expression of adult consensual love.
