Saturday October 6th, 2007 7:00 PM: Yours Emotionally
Yours Emotionally
Sridhar Rangayan, 2006, India / UK, English, 83 minutes, DVD
Ravi & Paul, two friends from Leicester, end up attending a gay party in the small Indian town of Shimoga, upon an invitation of Ravi's Parsee email-pal Jeh from Mumbai. A genteel dreamer Ravi instantly falls in love with Mani - a dark & handsome local working man.
Ravi and Paul also meet an older male couple, Murthy & Anna, now in their sixties. Murthy has lived in the UK to avoid marriage. When he returns to attend his mother's funeral, his lover Anna (a married man by then) convinces him to stay back. After his wife's death, Anna decides to join Murthy & they run a hotel. Both Ravi & Paul are surprised to meet the older same-sex couple.
Although Ravi can't let go of his newfound love, Mani cannot overcome the vast gap that exists between them. Mani is under constant pressure to get married to a woman. When Ravi asks Mani to accompany him to UK, Mani shows very little willingness. Ravi seeks Murthy & Anna's help, but the couple hide behind words of wisdom and express inability to bring Ravi & Mani together. Tension brews between Ravi & Paul due to sexually charged Mani and the situation highlights some nasty cracks in their friendship... Mani throws in a surprise at the farewell meeting that Ravi's asked for...
Interspersed with flashes of semi-surreal situations - presented through exciting dream sequences - Yours Emotionally unfolds a brightly painted canvas that explores contrasting values within Indian & Western gay sub-cultures.
More information is available at www.yoursemotionally.com
Ravi and Paul also meet an older male couple, Murthy & Anna, now in their sixties. Murthy has lived in the UK to avoid marriage. When he returns to attend his mother's funeral, his lover Anna (a married man by then) convinces him to stay back. After his wife's death, Anna decides to join Murthy & they run a hotel. Both Ravi & Paul are surprised to meet the older same-sex couple.
Although Ravi can't let go of his newfound love, Mani cannot overcome the vast gap that exists between them. Mani is under constant pressure to get married to a woman. When Ravi asks Mani to accompany him to UK, Mani shows very little willingness. Ravi seeks Murthy & Anna's help, but the couple hide behind words of wisdom and express inability to bring Ravi & Mani together. Tension brews between Ravi & Paul due to sexually charged Mani and the situation highlights some nasty cracks in their friendship... Mani throws in a surprise at the farewell meeting that Ravi's asked for...
Interspersed with flashes of semi-surreal situations - presented through exciting dream sequences - Yours Emotionally unfolds a brightly painted canvas that explores contrasting values within Indian & Western gay sub-cultures.
More information is available at www.yoursemotionally.com
Sridhar Rangayan
Sridhar Rangayan has scripted and directed several short films & over 30 one-hour television content covering various genres: comedy, romance, drama and thrillers; winning the prestigious RAPA award twice for Best Comedy, 1999 and Best Telefilm, 2000.
His debut short film ‘The Pink Mirror’(2002), a Bollywood comedy about Indian drag queens, has screened at more than 50 international film festivals and won Jury award for Best Film at Fire Island Film Festival, USA and Question de Genre film festival, France.
His first 35mm feature, ‘The Sensational Six’ (2003), a 90min. children film that combines breezy fun-filled adventure with social values, won the Bronze Remi Award at WorldFest, Houston.
Apart from filmmaking, he is also actively involved with human rights issues and the disability sector.
His debut short film ‘The Pink Mirror’(2002), a Bollywood comedy about Indian drag queens, has screened at more than 50 international film festivals and won Jury award for Best Film at Fire Island Film Festival, USA and Question de Genre film festival, France.
His first 35mm feature, ‘The Sensational Six’ (2003), a 90min. children film that combines breezy fun-filled adventure with social values, won the Bronze Remi Award at WorldFest, Houston.
Apart from filmmaking, he is also actively involved with human rights issues and the disability sector.
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