Thursday, March 3, 2011
The Third Gender-Official Trailer
PRODUCED BY- USAMA QAISER & SADOON ZAHID DIRECTED BY- NAUMAN BASHIR DOP & EDITED BY- HASAN SHAH THE THIRD GENDER The words "hijra", "khusra" or "khwajasara" make us have goosebumps, we ridicule them, crack disgusting jokes questioning there sexual identity. We never realizing what are those poor creatures facing, a crises that excommunicates them from there family, loved ones, education from all the major social spheres of life... we never ask this question "ARE WE DOING JUSTICE TO THE THIRD GENDER?" The movie "3rd gender" or "teasri jins" is one way of answering this question, this is story is about Bubbly a hijra by birth, he is a jolly wise old fellow but the society's rude and cold behavior gives a very hard time to this poor fellow and shatters him. The story might be fictional but it has a glimpse of truth in it,the cruel reality of our society's attitude towards this so called "taboo", it shows the actual feelings of the hijra community, the set up and ways of earing also it highlights the normal attitude of our community towards them. Bubbly is broken off from his roots, his family, from his mother's tender touch and is left abandoned at the hijra communities doors, his life journey starts from a homeless baby who is dreaded upon by his father and grandmother gets adopted by a hijra Guru, Bubblies grows up within the hijra community, while growing up he absorbing harsh comments by the conservative Pakistani society, still optimistic looks for a "real job" and ends ...
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