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{{Infobox film
| name = 68 Pages
| image = 68_Pages.jpg
| caption = Film: '68 Pages'
| director = [[Sridhar Rangayan]]
| writer = Sridhar Rangayan, Vivek Anand
| starring = [[Mouli Ganguly]]y<br>[[Joy Sengupta]]<br>[[Jayati Bhatia]]<br>[[Zafar Karachiwala]]<br>[[Uday Sonawane]]
| producer = [[Humsafar Trust]]
| distributor = [[Solaris Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|2007|12|09|International Film Festival of Kerala|df=y}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| language = [[Hindi]]
| country = [[India]]
}}
'''''68 Pages''''' is a 2007 Indian film about an [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] counselor and five of her clients who are from marginalized communities. The film is directed by [[Sridhar Rangayan]] and produced by [[Humsafar Trust]] in association with [[Solaris Pictures]]. It had its world premiere at the [[International Film Festival of Kerala]] and screened at several international film festivals. It won the Silver Remi award at WorldFest Houston International Film Festival 2008, USA.<ref name=worldfest>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfest.org/downloads/winnerslist2008.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220083609/http://www.worldfest.org/downloads/winnerslist2008.pdf |archive-date=20 February 2009 |df=dmy }}, Page 10, Line 5</ref> The film was also screened in the Pink Ribbon Express, a [[National AIDS Control Organisation]] initiative.

The film weaves together five Mumbai-based short stories about people living with AIDS from some of the marginalised sections of society.

==Overview==
A [[transsexual]] bar dancer, a [[sex worker]], a [[gay]] couple tell their stories of pain, trauma, happiness and hope. ''68 Pages'' reveals how society stigmatizes and shuns those who have [[HIV/AIDS]], or even those who are merely different.

The film was produced with support from [[Department for International Development]] ([[DFID]]), [[UK]]. It was made as an advocacy effort to support the [[National AIDS Control Organisation]] (NACO) in National AIDS Control Programme, Phase III. This initiative decided that the female sex workers, intravenous drug users, homosexuals and transgender people will be considered core groups, and HIV projects will start at a rapid pace in the next five years to serve them. During that period the film is scheduled to screen throughout the country in an attempt to change people's attitudes about those living with HIV. The film has also been mandatory resource material for all counselor training programmes in India by [[National AIDS Control Organisation|NACO]].

==Plot==
Professional ethics demand that Mansi, a young counselor, maintain confidentiality, remain objective and avoid emotional attachment with her clients. As a sensitive person, she finds it difficult to remain unaffected. Her true feelings are reflected in 68 pages of her personal diary.

Her writing tells the stories of Paayal, a commercial [[sex worker]]; Nishit, an intravenous drug user; Kiran, a [[gay]] man; and Umrao, a [[transsexual]] bar dancer, who are marginalized and suffer discrimination both before and after becoming infected with HIV.

==Cast==
* [[Mauli Ganguly]] as Mansi
* [[Joy Sengupta]] as Kiran
* [[Jayati Bhatia]] as Paayal
* [[Zafar Karachiwala]] as Nishit
* Uday Sonawane as Umesh / Umra
* [[Dilnaz Irani]] as Neha
* Bakul Thakkar

==Festivals==
* [[International Film Festival of Kerala]], India (December 2007)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iffk.keralafilm.com/index.htm |title=::IFFK 2009 |website=Iffk.keralafilm.com |date=2010-12-17 |access-date=2017-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122044012/http://iffk.keralafilm.com/index.htm |archive-date=22 November 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* [[Pune International Film Festival]], India (January 2008)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080820075736/http://www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com/Catalouge-PIFF2008.pdf ]</ref>
* Montage International, Kerala, India (February 2008)<ref>[http://montagemovieclub.org/ ]{{dead link|date=January 2017}}</ref>
* Worldfest Houston, USA (April 2008)–Winner: Silver Remi Award <ref name=worldfest />
* Bollywood & Beyond, Germany (July 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=9690923;articleid=9690923 |title=16.07.2008 - 20.07.2008 Bollywood and beyond ► Stuttgart ◄ - INDIEN - Chancen in D-A-CH |publisher=XING |access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bollywood-festival.de/en/the-festival/archive.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205091702/http://www.bollywood-festival.de/en/the-festival/archive.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-12-05|title=Archive|date=2008-12-05|access-date=2018-12-06}}</ref>
* Nigah Queerfest, New Delhi, India (August 2008) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thequeerfest.com/synopsis2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810024732/http://www.thequeerfest.com/synopsis2.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-10|title=synopsis2|date=2008-08-10|access-date=2018-12-06}}</ref>
* Q! Film Festival, Indonesia (August 2008) <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110727192401/http://www.qfilmfestival.org/modules/films/movie_detail/broken_sky/] </ref>
* Tasveer–Independent South Asian Film Festival [[ISAFF]] (September 2008) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://isaff.tasveer.org/2008/event.php?id=41|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728082322/http://isaff.tasveer.org/2008/event.php?id=41|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-28|title=5th Independent South Asian Film Festival Sep24th - Sep28th 2008|date=2011-07-28|access-date=2018-12-06}}</ref>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023084423/http://www.amilliondifferentloves.pl/ A Million Different Loves, Poland] (October 2008)
* Siddharth Gautam Film Festival, Bhubaneshwar, India (December 2008)
* Translations - Seattle Transgender Film Festival, USA (May 2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://threedollarbillcinema.org/08/translations |title=Translations |publisher=Three Dollar Bill Cinema |access-date=2017-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510083228/http://threedollarbillcinema.org/08/translations |archive-date=10 May 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Ahmadabad International Film Festival, India (June 2009) – Winner: Best Film (Social Issue)
* Perspektive – Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival, Germany (Sept 2009)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080916235204/http://www.humsafar.org/68pages.htm Official website]
* [http://www.solarispictures.com Official site]
* {{IMDb title|1151299|68 Pages}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120081353/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Not-just-another-AIDS-movie-Maker-of-Gulabi-Aina-ready-with-68-Pages/225593/ "Not Just another AIDS movie - Maker of Gulabi Aaina ready with 68 Pages", Indian Express]
* [http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3286302.cms " '68 Pages' portraying life, love & hope", The Times of India]
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080701/jsp/entertainment/story_9485654.jsp "Queer Crash", Telegraph]
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080831/jsp/graphiti/story_9761662.jsp "Breaking Free", Telegraph]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022023717/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-08-20/bangalore/27903329_1_sexual-minorities-counsellors-counselling-centre "Documentary on AIDS counselor", The Times of India]

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:2007 LGBT-related films]]
[[Category:HIV/AIDS in Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian LGBT-related films]]
[[Category:Transgender-related films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]

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