Maradona Rebello grows up playing a girl in popular Hindi films on the behest of his ambitious and dominant mother, Lillete Dubey. This results in a confused gender identity for the young boy who tries to build his film career, once again, when he grows up. This time, as a hero? Does he succeed?
Acting
Maradona Rebello's fragile, furious central performance.
Direction
Sudipto Chattopadhyay's unflinching gaze at Bollywood's underbelly.
Cinematography
Dreamlike haze that blurs reality and performance.
Director
Sudipto Chattopadhyay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was barely released and remains virtually impossible to stream legally—a cult object for the truly committed.
Released in 2010, it preceded Bollywood's current wave of gender-fluid storytelling by over a decade—painfully ahead of its time.
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