Aayna

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Himanshu Chutia Saikia

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P. Senrayaperumal was forced to drop out of school to play his part in the caste-bound genre of Raja Rani Attam theatre. He and his brothers spent their childhood playing female roles — enduring slurs, sexual harassment, and bearing the burden of tradition. At age 23, he made a desperate gamble to reclaim education all by himself, even while dancing through nights to survive. He did earn the education that he was systemically denied. He got a PhD on the folk tradition he had been practising, all the while holding on to the promise of higher education in the country. A promise that, in his case, was tragically short-lived.

The filmmaker is grateful to P. Sainath and Pratishtha Pandya for their support in making of this documentary.

Portrait of an artist as professor

प्राध्यापक झालेल्या कलावंताची कहाणी

ప్రొఫెసర్‌ అయిన ఒక కళాకారుడి చిత్తరువు

প্ৰফেছৰৰ ৰূপত এজন শিল্পীৰ চিত্ৰায়ন

শিল্প সাধক অধ্যাপকের জাত-কাহন

એક કલાકારી પ્રોફેસર

उम्मीदों व कड़वी हक़ीक़तों से दो-दो हाथ करता दलित कलाकार

ಕಲಾವಿದರೊಬ್ಬರ ಪ್ರೊಫೆಸರ್‌ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಚಿತ್ರ

പ്രൊഫസറെന്ന നിലയ്ക്കുള്ള ഒരു കലാകാരൻ്റെ ഛായാചിത്രം

ਇੱਕ ਲੋਕ-ਕਲਾਕਾਰ ਜਦੋਂ ਪ੍ਰੋਫ਼ੈਸਰ ਬਣਿਆ

பேராசிரியராக ஒரு கலைஞனின் சித்திரம் 

ପ୍ରଫେସର ଭାବେ ଜଣେ ଶିଳ୍ପୀଙ୍କର ଚିତ୍ରରୂପ  

कलाकार के रूप में एगो गुरु के चित्र

بطور پروفیسر ایک فنکار کا ٹوٹا خواب

प्रोफेसर के रूप मं एक कलाकार के चित्र  

Soolapuram

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Portrait of an artist as professor

A Dalit folk artist desperate to escape the fate he has been trapped into since birth due to his caste position turns to education, only to be dragged back into the trap. This documentary film chronicles his continuing struggle

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