Miss Man

25min  |  Bengali  |  LGBTQ, Drama

A young trans woman from rural Bengal eschews social and cultural pressures at every stage of self-realisation. But as she finally comes to the city for a sex change operation, she faces extreme challenges and questions that corner her to make a choice between giving up her struggle or standing up for who she truly is.
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Synopsis

Manob is in love with another man. And he has a price to pay for that. Not only is he fighting the society around him, but his own homophobic father, who does not even refrain from physical violence to "cure his son from the disease of loving another man". A younger Manob once danced in his school function, dressed up as a woman. And it is from that time he possibly realized that he might be a woman trapped inside a man's body. The stakes get higher when he is also looked down upon by his lover, who refuses to accept him unless he transforms to a woman completely. Dejected, Manob decides to travel to the city to look into the possibilities of a sex change operation. Meanwhile, Manob's father also arranges his marriage with the daughter of a relative. Cornered, Manob now has to make a choice between giving up his struggle or standing up for who he truly is.

Credits

director: Tathagata Ghosh

producer: Tathagata Ghosh

cast: Arghya Adhikary, Riddhish Dhar, Bimal Giri, Manoj Michigan, Payel Parna, Ratrish Saha, Tamoghno Tapasidhya, Soumya Majumdar, Avishikta Chatterjee

Original Screenplay: Tathagata Ghosh

Cinematography: Tuhin Saha

Editor: Amir Mondal

Sound Design & Mixing: Anindit Roy, Adeep Singh Manki

Music: Aviraj Sen

Original Song: Abhiraj Das Ghosh

Costume Design: Avishikta Chatterjee

Make-Up: Avishikta Chatterjee, Payel Parna

Assistant Cinematographer: Prabir Das