I Am (2010 Indian film)

I Am
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOnir
Screenplay byOnir
Urmi Juvekar
Merle Kroeger
Story byOnir
Urmi Juvekar
Merle Kroeger
Produced bySanjay Suri
Onir
Rajesh Kumar Jain (Co Producer)[1]
StarringJuhi Chawla
Manisha Koirala
Rahul Bose
Nandita Das
Arjun Mathur
Pooja gandhi
Sanjay Suri
Anurag kashyap
Purab Kohli
Shernaz Patel
Radhika Apte
Manav Kaul
Abhimanyu Singh
CinematographyArvind Kannabiran
Edited byOnir
Irene Dhar Malik
Music byAmit Trivedi
Vivek Phillip
Rajiv Bhalla
Distributed byAnticlock Films
Release dates
  • 18 September 2010 (2010-09-18) (I View Film Festival)[2]
  • 29 April 2011 (2011-04-29) (India)[3]
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget1.75 crore[4]
Box office67 lakh[4]

I Am is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhimanyu", and "Megha". Each film shares the common theme of fear, and is based on real-life stories. The film was financed by donations from more than 400 different people worldwide,[5] many of whom donated through social networking sites like Facebook.[6] There are four stories but the characters are interwoven with each story. "Abhimanyu" is based on child abuse, "Omar" on gay rights, "Megha" is about Kashmiri Pandits and "Afia" deals with sperm donation. I Am was released with subtitles in all regions as six different languages are spoken in the film: Hindi, English, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Kashmiri.[7][8]

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  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference onir was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  5. ^ Mehul Satish Thakkar (19 June 2010). "Believe it or not, 600 co-producers for a film!". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010.
  6. ^ Manali Shah (5 August 2010). "Onir raises funds through Facebook". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011.
  7. ^ Adarsh, Taran (15 March 2011). "Reasons why 'I Am' will be released with sub-titles in India". Bollywood Hungama.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Independent filmmakers are wiped out in India: Onir". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 27 November 2010. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2011.