No Country for.......Queens

Debesh Banerjee
Posted: Apr 25, 2011 at 0015 hrs IST

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/no-country-for.......queens/780767/

A Bollywood film titled Queens! Destiny of Dance on transgenders turns the old caricature on its head

A Hindi film with an unusual family saga is set to open in the cinemas this week. Titled Queens! Destiny of Dance, it is about a group of hijras who live in an upmarket haveli, under the "family head" Guru Amma. All of them dance for a living, but none better than young Mukta, who is also seen as the successor to Guru Amma. However, when a newcomer called Nandini arrives into the community, the established order begins to look fragile. Nandini is beautiful, vivacious and bent on wrecking bonds nurtured over decades. Will Guru Amma and Mukta's relationship survive? Mumbai-based filmmaker David Atkins has woven a sensitive story around the transgender community, placing a marginalised section in a mainstream medium.