The film recently received a U/A certificate by the Indian censor board, in a landmark decision that offers hope to the Indian LGBTQ community. It is a sensitive heartwarming film that underlines the challenges gay men continue to face in India to come out to their family, as well as question the dominant patriarchal social mores. Set in a small town in Southern India, the film Evening Shadows, is about a son coming out to his mother and the upheaval it causes within the traditional family and society around. Award winning Indian filmmaker and gay activist Sridhar Rangayan’s narrative feature Evening Shadows will have its World Premiere in Sydney at the 25 th Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival on February 25 th at the Event Cinemas.
