Lokesh Kumar (born 29 June 1989) 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]
Lokesh Kumar | |
|---|---|
 Lokesh Kumar in 2017 | |
| Born | 29 June 1989 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer and screenwriter |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Website | http://www.filmmakerlokesh.com/ |
Life and career edit
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 edit
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | Producer | |||
| 2013 | You're My Brother | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2013 | Wait a Minute | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2013 | Judgement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2014 | Acid | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2015 | Darkness | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2017 | My Son Is Gay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Feature film 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Feature film |
References edit
- ^ a b Chennai is still close-minded: Filmmaker Lokesh (Interview), by: Indo-Asian News Service; in the Business Standard; published April 10, 2014; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ a b My Son is Gay: How A Bold New Feature Is Taking Indian Queer Cinema By Storm, by: Dhrubo Jyoti; in the Gaylaxy; published May 14, 2014; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ A film on gay love in Tamil by: Logesh Balachandran, in The Times of India; published January 16, 2017; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ a b 'En Magan Magizhvan' wins Best Film at Indian World Film Festival, by: TNM Staff; in The News Minute; published March 21, 2018; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ Queer cheer: Tamil filmmaker wins big at film fest, by: Sharjeel; in the Telangana Today; published March 21, 2018; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ Interview : Film Maker, Lokesh, by: Queer Coolie; in the Gaysi; published August 8, 2013; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ Do the crowds always give?, by: Subha J Rao; in The Hindu; published March 6, 2017; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ A look at 'My Son Is Gay' - India's first crowd-funded LGBT film by: Yogesh Pawar; in the DNA (newspaper); published May 18, 2014; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ ‘My Son is Gay’ makers start crowd-funding campaign, by: Indo-Asian News Service; in the Indian Express; published July 13, 2014; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ Making waves internationally, by: Balajee C R; in the Deccan Chronicle; published November 13, 2017; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ ‘I don’t have to be gay to direct a film about a gay man’, by: S Subhakeerthana; in the Cinema Express; published November 19, 2017; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ 100 years of Tamil Cinema: My Son is Gay, Kollywood’s first gay feature film, by: Vinay Arote; in the Mumbai Mirror; published April 23, 2018; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ Bollywood Needs More LGBTQ Stories, Indian Movie Star Says, by: Umberto Bacchi; in the HuffPost; published June 28, 2018; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ Seven kickass Tamil movies that normalise LGBTQIA+ on the silver screen, by: ArunKumar Shekhar; in The New Indian Express; published June 30, 2018; retrieved July 1, 2020
- ^ Why south Indian films can’t shake off the queer phobia, by: Shruthi Joshua; in The Federal; published August 5, 2019; retrieved July 1, 2020
External links edit
- Lokesh Kumar on IMDd