Lokesh Kumar Explained
| Lokesh Kumar |
| Birth Date: | 1989 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Chennai, India |
| Occupation: | Film director, producer and screenwriter |
| Yearsactive: | 2013–present |
| Website: | http://www.filmmakerlokesh.com/ |
Lokesh Kumar (born 28 November 2005) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.[1] [2] He made an award-winning Tamil language feature film My Son Is Gay.[3] [4] [5]
Life and career
Lokesh Kumar was born on 29 June 1989 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India).[1] [2] He did his schooling in Kalashetra Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Chennai, after which he went to study Mechanical Engineering at S.A. Polytechnic College. After college he worked in the corporate sector for a few years. In 2013, he quit his corporate job and started making independent films.[6] He made few experimental short films and by 2014, he decided to make a gay themed feature film which dealt with a teenage boy coming out to his mother, the film went through a lot of issues and delayed.[7] [8] [9] By 2016, the film was fully completed with the help of an NRI producer Anil Saxena.[10] [11] His film My Son Is Gay is the first Tamil feature film on gay relationship in the 100 years of Tamil Cinema existence.[12] The film was screened in several international film festivals and earned him many awards.[4] [13] [14] [15]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|
| 2013 | You're My Brother | Short film |
| 2013 | Wait a Minute | Short film |
| 2013 | Judgement | Short film |
| 2014 | Acid | Short film |
| 2015 | Darkness | Short film |
| 2017 | My Son Is Gay | Winner—Best Film, Indian World Film Festival
Winner—Best Of Out & Loud, Pune International Queer Film Festival
Winner—Best Debut Director, Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival
Winner—Best Film, Jury Award, Jaffna International Cinema Festival |
| 2023 | N4 | |
| 2024 | Resort | | |
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/chennai-is-still-close-minded-filmmaker-lokesh-interview-114041000355_1.html Chennai is still close-minded: Filmmaker Lokesh (Interview)
- http://www.gaylaxymag.com/articles/current-affairs/my-son-is-gay-how-a-bold-new-feature-is-taking-indian-queer-cinema-by-storm/ My Son is Gay: How A Bold New Feature Is Taking Indian Queer Cinema By Storm
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/A-film-on-gay-love-in-Tamil/articleshow/51122401.cms A film on gay love in Tamil
- https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/en-magan-magizhvan-wins-best-film-indian-world-film-festival-78279 'En Magan Magizhvan' wins Best Film at Indian World Film Festival
- https://telanganatoday.com/queer-cheer-tamil-filmmaker-wins-big-at-film-fest Queer cheer: Tamil filmmaker wins big at film fest
- http://gaysifamily.com/2013/08/08/interview-film-maker-lokesh/ Interview : Film Maker, Lokesh
- https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/does-crowdfunding-work-in-the-tamil-film-and-theatre-space/article17417659.ece Do the crowds always give?
- https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-a-look-at-my-son-is-gay-india-s-first-crowd-funded-lgbt-film-1989399 A look at 'My Son Is Gay' - India's first crowd-funded LGBT film
- https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/my-son-is-gay-makers-start-crowd-funding-campaign ‘My Son is Gay’ makers start crowd-funding campaign
- https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/131117/making-waves-internationally.html/ Making waves internationally
- https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2017/nov/19/i-dont-have-to-be-gay-to-direct-a-film-about-a-gay-man-3164.html ‘I don’t have to be gay to direct a film about a gay man’
- https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/100-years-of-tamil-cinema-my-son-is-gay-kollywoods-first-gay-feature-film/articleshow/63884566.cms 100 years of Tamil Cinema: My Son is Gay, Kollywood’s first gay feature film
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bollywood-lgbtq-characters_n_5b30f1f3e4b00295f15f1007 Bollywood Needs More LGBTQ Stories, Indian Movie Star Says
- https://www.edexlive.com/pride-unprejudice/2018/jun/30/seven-kickass-tamil-movies-that-normalise-lgbtqia-on-the-silver-screen-3319.html Seven kickass Tamil movies that normalise LGBTQIA+ on the silver screen
- https://thefederal.com/the-eighth-column/why-south-indian-films-cant-shake-off-the-queer-phobia/ Why south Indian films can’t shake off the queer phobia
