Ek Jagah Apni: Their story, their voice

Updated On: 21 March, 2023 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani

Maker of Ek Jagah Apni, which premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival, on casting trans women to lead the LGBTQiA+ movie

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The film, starring Manisha Soni and Muskaan, is helmed by Ektara Collective

Neeraj Churi’s last offering Sheer Qorma (2021) told a tender same-sex love story. Two years on, the producer has focused on another facet of the LGBTQiA+ community. Ek Jagah Apni follows two trans women Laila and Roshni who are looking for a new home, thus shining a light on the struggles of the community to rent an apartment. Given the film’s theme, it is only fitting that real-life trans women Manisha Soni and Muskaan were roped in to play the leads in the feature film helmed by the Bhopal-based Ektara Collective.

Neeraj Churi