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Directed by Farha Khatun, Satarupa Santra and Sourabh Kanti Dutta
45 mins/ colour/Bengali with English subtitiles
 
Bonnie (33) is again on the run. He has been on the run from his family and sports fraternity since failing 'sex test' before the Bangkok Asian Games,1998.
A born intersex, raised by poor, illiterate and confused parents as a girl named 'Bandana', s/he became one of the finest strikers of Indian Woman's football team in her/his short career.
A Sex Reassignment surgery later transformed her/him to a man but left him without home or career. He left home, took up idol-making for a living. He met Swati (F24) then, married soon but moved once again fearing social backlash.
His fight to establish his identity, struggle for existence met by a sarcastic society yet to learn to take 'other genders' seriously.
 
Winner in National Competition: Documentary; 22nd Kolkata International Film festival
 
Farha Khatun
Farha Khatun started as an Editor after getting diploma in Video Editing from Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata in 2010. Farha worked as an Editor in documentaries on Human Rights/ Social issues that have been screened in different festivals. ‘Away From Home’, a documentary edited by Farha, won the ‘Best Student Documentary Film’ at Kolkata Web Utsav. She has been a mentor of filmmaking workshops at Tezpur University, Assam, and at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. This is Farha’s first feature length documentary as a Director.
 
Satarupa Santra
Satarupa is a teacher of Journalism and Mass communication in Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith, under West Bengal State University. After doing her MA in Journalism and Mass Communication from Rabindra Bharati University, she has been a part of several Bengali Tele-films and non-fiction films. She has been working on human rights and gender identity for long. This is Satarupa’s first feature length documentary as a Director.
 
Sourabh Kanti Dutta
He has been  a Cinematographer in the Documentary/Television/Advertising industry in India. Essentially a self-taught person, Sourabh has shot Documentaries on Human Rights/Gender Identity/Social issues which have made their mark in premier documentary festivals around the world. This is Sourabh’s first feature length documentary as the Director.