My Brother… Nikhil

My Brother… Nikhil

Year
2005
Genre
Drama
Status
Released

This film is set in Goa, a small costal state in India in between 1989 and 1994. Nikhil Kapoor is the state all round swimming champion. His father, Navin Kapoor has raised his son to be a sports man… a dream that he never achieved for himself. His older sister, Anamika teaches in a primary school and loves him dearly. His mother, Anita Rosario Kapoor adores him and from her he inherited his artistic side to his personality.

One fine day he is arrested. The reason being…. that he is HIV positive. He is kept in forced isolation by law. The Goa public health act allowed the government to isolate HIV positive people. His parents desert him and his friends move away. The only two people who stand by him are his sister Anamika and boyfriend Nigel.

This film would probably be the first main stream Indian film where the main protagonist is Homosexual.

This film deals with the trauma of this man and his fight for dignity; A film about how a closely knit family falls apart when faced with a crisis; about a sisters unconditional love for her brother; about a love that withstood social disapproval; a film about a man’s desire to achieve something in life and finally it’s a film about acceptance.

Genre / Setting /Language /Format/Subs

Drama / Goa-India / Hindi / 120 mins / English Subtitles

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Review

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Bring it on – Vikram Doctor
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Family Values
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My Brother Nikhil (2005) – IMDB
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Ripples of Change in Indian Film
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Brothers in arms for AIDS
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Star line-up for AIDS film festival- Focus on My Brother Nikhil 
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Meet Onir, the man behind ‘My Brother… Nikhil’
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Gay-Themed Film Tests Sensibilities in India
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The best man in the tale with a twist
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How far a Hungry actor stretches himself to get noticed!
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‘My…’ is essentially a family story: Sanjay Suri
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My Brother Nikhil is heartfelt and touching – By Sukanya Verma
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Awards

FILM FESTIVALS

Spurlock Museum, Champaigne, Urbana -28th Oct 2013
Forum Des Images, Paris – 14th Nov 2013
Frame line 29- San Francisco
Winner Jury Award , Montreal (Image+ Nation film festival)
Winner Audience choice award , Montreal (Image+ Nation film festival)
Winner Audience Choice award 20th Milan International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival -June, 2006)
Winner “The Mobilization and Critical Resistance Award – ICASA 2005 Film- ABUJA, NIGERIA
Winner Audience choice award, Leceister (UK)
Winner Best director at The Saathi Rainbow Film Awards , Kolkatta
Winner Best Actor , at The Saathi Rainbow Film Awards , Purab Kohli ,Kolkatta
WINNER TMG GLOBAL AWARDS 2006 , SANJAY SURI ACTOR/PRODUCER
WINNER TMG GLOBAL AWARDS 2006 , ONIR DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
2nd audience choice award, Hamburg LGBT film festival
2nd audience choice award, Bremen LGBT film festival
18th Vancouver Queer Film Festival (17th -27 August, 2006)
The University of Iowa, USA, April 19th 2006
Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, April 23rd 2006
Brussels Gay and Lesbian Film festival
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA) May 21st, 2006
Reeling Film festival- Chicago
Three Dollar Film festival-Seattle
Cinema Omosessuale in collaboration with the 62nd Venice Film festival
Bollywood and Beyond film festival – Stuttgart, Germany.
Asian Film Festival- New York
Shillong Film Festival (India)
Trivandrum International Film Festival (India)
New York AIDS Film festival
Bangkok World Film festival – OCT 11-23, 2006
Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film fest: Cinema Arts Center, Huntington, NY 10-16 Nov, 2006.
Ljubljana 22 Gay and Lesbian film festival (SLOVENIA) : 2 to 9 December 2006
Bangalore AIDS Film Festival –2005 India
OTHER SCREENINGS
IFFA-Amsterdam
Harvard University … Boston
Johns Hopkins… Washington Dc
Lyolla University… Chicago
UNAIDS- Shanghai
UNAIDS -Delhi
Tata Institute of Social Science – Mumbai
Indian Embassy- Berlin
Asia Society- New York
Pocatello, Idaho- Canada
Reelout Film Festival : Kingston, Ontario- Canada – Dec 2006
23rd International Love Film Festival of Mons – Brussels ,Belgium – 9th to 16th Feb 2007