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Onir (born Anirban Dhar, 1 May 1969) is an Indian film and television director, editor, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film My Brother…Nikhil, based on the life of Dominic d'Souza, was one of the first mainstream Hindi films to deal with AIDS and same-sex relationships.
Onir won the National Award for his film I Am. He has won 16 film awards in total.
Onir was born as Anirban Dhar in Samchi, Bhutan. His father Aparesh Dhar and mother Manjushree are of Bengali origin.[citation needed] Onir spent much of his childhood going to the cinema. The family moved to Kolkata around 1990.[citation needed]
In Kolkata, Onir studied comparative literature and took a few film classes at Chitrabani film school. He graduated from Jadavpur University in 1989, after which he received a scholarship to study film editing at SFB/TTC in Berlin. He later returned to India and worked as an editor, scriptwriter, art director, music album producer and director before becoming an independent producer and director.
In 1992 Onir directed and produced his first documentary film, Fallen Hero, based on painter Bijan Choudhury's life. He also served as an assistant to Kalpana Lajmi on Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001), which was his first experience directing a full-length feature film.
While working on a documentary about Dominic D'Souza, a champion swimmer and AIDS patient in Goa, Onir conceived the idea for his first film. His directorial debut My Brother... Nikhil (2005) dealt with the Goan government's harsh treatment of AIDS patients in the 1980s and the stigma attached to them. My Brother... Nikhil was screened at several international film festivals, and Juhi Chawla received an IIFA nomination for her role as the main character's supportive sister. The film was screened at over 40 international film festivals,[citation needed] and won the Audience Choice Awards in Milan, LGBT film festival, Best Film & Jury Audience Choice Award at Montreal, image+nation Film Festival amongst others.
In 2006 he released his second film Bas Ek Pal. He received a nomination for the Best Director Critic's Award at the Global Indian Film Awards for the film. This film was not a financial success, only collecting 15–20 percent of its budget at the box office. His next film Sorry Bhai! also failed to do well, as it was released the week of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Onir's eighth film was I Am, which consists of four short films exploring themes of single motherhood, displacement, child abuse and same-sex relationships. I Am won the National Award in two categories; Best Film and Best Lyrics.[citation needed] It was also the winnerof I-VIEW 2010s Engendered Award (New York) for Outstanding Contribution.
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Onir (born Anirban Dhar, 1 May 1969) is an Indian film and television director, editor, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film My Brother…Nikhil, based on the life of Dominic d'Souza, was one of the first mainstream Hindi films to deal with AIDS and same-sex relationships.
Onir won the National Award for his film I Am. He has won 16 film awards in total.
Onir was born as Anirban Dhar in Samchi, Bhutan. His father Aparesh Dhar and mother Manjushree are of Bengali origin.[citation needed] Onir spent much of his childhood going to the cinema. The family moved to Kolkata around 1990.[citation needed]
In Kolkata, Onir studied comparative literature and took a few film classes at Chitrabani film school. He graduated from Jadavpur University in 1989, after which he received a scholarship to study film editing at SFB/TTC in Berlin. He later returned to India and worked as an editor, scriptwriter, art director, music album producer and director before becoming an independent producer and director.
In 1992 Onir directed and produced his first documentary film, Fallen Hero, based on painter Bijan Choudhury's life. He also served as an assistant to Kalpana Lajmi on Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001), which was his first experience directing a full-length feature film.
While working on a documentary about Dominic D'Souza, a champion swimmer and AIDS patient in Goa, Onir conceived the idea for his first film. His directorial debut My Brother... Nikhil (2005) dealt with the Goan government's harsh treatment of AIDS patients in the 1980s and the stigma attached to them. My Brother... Nikhil was screened at several international film festivals, and Juhi Chawla received an IIFA nomination for her role as the main character's supportive sister. The film was screened at over 40 international film festivals,[citation needed] and won the Audience Choice Awards in Milan, LGBT film festival, Best Film & Jury Audience Choice Award at Montreal, image+nation Film Festival amongst others.
In 2006 he released his second film Bas Ek Pal. He received a nomination for the Best Director Critic's Award at the Global Indian Film Awards for the film. This film was not a financial success, only collecting 15–20 percent of its budget at the box office. His next film Sorry Bhai! also failed to do well, as it was released the week of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Onir's eighth film was I Am, which consists of four short films exploring themes of single motherhood, displacement, child abuse and same-sex relationships. I Am won the National Award in two categories; Best Film and Best Lyrics.[citation needed] It was also the winnerof I-VIEW 2010s Engendered Award (New York) for Outstanding Contribution.
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