Saturday, July 27, 2019

Indian LGBTQ film finds audience in Emirates Airlines

An Indian Gay movie 'Evening Shadows' directed by Mumbai based director Sridhar Rangayan is now streaming on an international airline. Rangayan claims that this is the first-ever LGBTQ themed independent film to hit the in-flight entertainment circuit.

The movie is being streamed on Emirates flight, the same has been confirmed by Emirates. "We are really excited by this breakthrough", said director Sridhar Rangayan, "Being a truly family entertainment film, we are happy the film is reaching diverse audiences through in-flight entertainment on an airline, especially one as prestigious as Emirates Airlines".

Evening Shadows recently won the audience award for Best International Feature at the Romania LGBTQ film festival, taking its tally of awards to 17 audience and jury awards. This is another achievement for an LGBTQ film.
When contacted, Emirates said in a statement, "As confirmed by Emirates, this film is on board, like every other film, Emirates tries to offer choice to every taste."
Evening Shadows stars Mona Ambegaonkar, Ananth Mahadevan, Devansh Doshi and Arpit Chaudhary in lead roles. The film has received a UA certification from CBFC enabling even younger audiences and families to watch the film. The movie features a song by eminent singer Shubha Mudgal, with lyrics by Sagar Gupta.
27/07/19 Varun Singh/DNA
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