{"id":224165,"date":"2019-05-13T13:56:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T08:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=224165"},"modified":"2019-05-13T13:56:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T08:56:41","slug":"pakistani-film-rani-earns-international-accolades-for-its-portrayal-of-a-transgender-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistani-film-rani-earns-international-accolades-for-its-portrayal-of-a-transgender-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Film ‘Rani’ Earns International Accolades for Its Portrayal of A Transgender Character"},"content":{"rendered":"

Producer Akbar Allana revealed that Pakistani film Rani<\/strong> won a Special Jury Award for Impact<\/strong> at the Asia Pacific Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film details the struggle of a transgender person in Pakistan, who decides to become a productive member of a society that has been traditionally unfair to the trans community.<\/p>\n

After winning a European award and numerous other accolades in various film festivals around the world over, Rani made its way to the Asia Pacific Film Festival in LA.<\/p>\n

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BBC World News featured the social drama last year.<\/p>\n

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About Rani and Its Themes<\/h3>\n

The film Rani cast an actual transgender artist Kami Sid for the role of a transgender. In the film, Kami Sid essays the role of a transperson who refuses to earn a living in a socially unacceptable way. Rather than becoming a performer like the rest of the trans-community, Rani decides to eck out a respectable living as a laborer.<\/p>\n

Director Hammad Rizvi tackled the sensitive topic with care and it shows.<\/p>\n

Recently Hammad Rizvi also won the NBC Universal Short Film Award in Los Angeles for the best outstanding writer.<\/p>\n

Plot<\/h3>\n

Rani follows the story of a transperson who is intent on raising an abandoned child, despite the practice being considered a social taboo.<\/p>\n

The short film created a lot of hype last year and is not about to slow down anytime soon.<\/p>\n

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Besides being written and directed by acclaimed Hammad Rizvi, Rani was produced by Rizvilia Productions and Gray Scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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