Kashish Pride Film Festival 2024: Kiran Rao Praises Quality of Films

The KASHISH Pride Film Festival, formerly known as KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, is a major LGBTQIA+ film festival held annually in Mumbai, India. It's the first of its kind to be both mainstream and get government approval in the country.

This year marks the 15th edition of the festival, which runs from May 15th to 19th, 2024.  The name change reflects a focus on inclusivity and celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community.  The festival showcases films by and about LGBTQIA+ people, with a special focus on underrepresented voices.

KASHISH is now considered one of the world's top LGBTQIA+ film festivals, attracting nearly 9,000 attendees and screening over 100 films each year. It's a major event not just for cinema, but for LGBTQIA+ pride in India.

Kiran Rao and Sonali Kulkarni Shine at Event with Star-Studded Jury

On this occasion, to support this event, Aamir Khan's ex-wife and director and producer of the film 'Lapata Ladies' Kiran Rao, who was also present on the jury panel in this event, came in a yellow color dress. Also got photographs taken with the people present. Actress Sonali Kulkarni, one of the judges of this event, carried a colorful unique purse with a purple colored saree. Actors Barun Sobti and Sridhar Rangayan also came to support this community and this event.

In this event, films made by this community were showcased, talking about which Kiran Rao said, “The quality of these films is very good. The package of the short film is very good. Feature films are also very good. This year around 140 films will be shown in this event which have come from 47 countries.”

Kiran Rao says “These films are not only of good quality but we get to learn a lot about the LGBTQIA+ community from these films.” She adds, “These films show how a society treats this community, and they tell us how we as a society can be more sensitive towards them.”

Talking about the reason behind naming this film festival as Pride Film Festival this year, Kiran Rao says, “This name shows that we are also its supporters. This year is therefore even more special.”

Talking about her upcoming films, Kiran Rao says, “There are two to three scripts on which I am working. These are films of all different genres. One is comedy-drama and one is suspense, and I am developing different types of films. “The work of writing about them is still going on.”

 

-Ayushi Sinha 

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