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| runtime = 110 minutes | country = India | language = Hindi }} ''I Am'' is a 2011 Indian anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhimanyu", and "Megha". Each film shares the common theme of fear and each is also based on real-life stories. The film was financed by donations from more than 400 different people around the world, many of whom donated through social networking sites like Facebook. There are four stories but the characters are interwoven with each story. "Abhimanyu" is based on child abuse, "Omar" on gay rights, "Megha" is about Kashmiri Pandits and "Afia" deals with sperm donation. ''I Am'' was released with subtitles in all regions as six different languages are spoken in the film: Hindi, English, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Kashmiri. ==Plot== *"Afia" - A single woman (Nandita Das) decides to become a mother using a sperm donor. *"Megha" - Almost 20 years after leaving Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandit Megha (Juhi Chawla) returns home on a business trip to find her childhood Muslim friend Rubina (Manisha Koirala) has suffered too.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='I Am Megha' is about the plight of Kashmiri Pandits: Juhi )〕 "Megha" is inspired by Sanjay Suri's experiences in Kashmir. *"Abhimanyu" - Abhimanyu (Sanjay Suri), a successful director, is haunted by memories of sexual abuse as a child. He must deal with his dark memories even as he struggles with his sexual identity. "Abhimanyu" is based on the experiences of fashion designer Ganesh Nallari and gay rights activist Harish Iyer. *"Omar" - Jai, from Bangalore, (Rahul Bose) meets Omar, a struggling actor in Mumbai, (Arjun Mathur). They flirt and have dinner together and then have sex at a public place. A policeman (Abhimanyu Singh) comes and manhandles them both and threatens Jai to turn him in under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and blackmails into giving 100,000 Rupees as bribe. Omar goes with Jai's ATM card to draw money, meanwhile the policeman forcibly has sex with Jai. Omar returns with 50,000 Rupees, which the policeman takes along with both Jai and Omar's cellphones. Then he takes Omar along with him against protests of Jai (A hint of the policeman taking Omar to have sex with him ). Later on Jai meets Omar again in a hotel and tell him that later that night, Jai had gone and woke up a big lawyer and went with him to the police station to get Omar released only to find that Omar was never there and then he realized that Omar was a part of setup to extort money from Jai.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= I Am )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Mira Nair impressed with I Am )〕 "Omar" is inspired by stories and research material provided by the online portal Gay Bombay. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Am (2010 Indian film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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