Unfreedom

Unfreedom
English-language poster of the film
Directed byRaj Amit Kumar
Written byRaj Amit Kumar
Damon J Taylor
Produced byRaj Amit Kumar
StarringVictor Banerjee
Adil Hussain
Bhanu Uday
Preeti Gupta
Bhavani Lee
Ankur Vikal
Seema Rahmani
Samrat Chakrabarti
CinematographyHari Nair
Edited byAtanu Mukherjee
Music byWayne Sharpe
Jesse Kotansky
Production
companies
Dark Frames
69 Productions
Release dates
  • December 2014 (2014-12) (Kerala International Film Festival)[1]
  • 29 May 2015 (2015-05-29)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesUnited States
India
LanguagesEnglish
Hindi

Unfreedom: Blemished light (Hindi title: Dagh Ujala) is a 2014 Indian drama film by Raj Amit Kumar,[2] which was released in North America on 29 May 2015.[3] Faiz Ahmad Faiz's poem, "Ye Dagh Dagh Ujala", is the inspiration behind the film.[4] The film stars Victor Banerjee,[5] Adil Hussain.[6] and Preeti Gupta.[7]

The story revolves around a Muslim fundamentalist in New York who kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar with an intent to kill, while a closeted lesbian in New Delhi kidnaps her bisexual lover with the intent of being together. Then the resulting torture and violence evokes a brutal struggle of identities against "unfreedom".[8]

  1. ^ https://in.news.yahoo.com/banned-india-unfreedom-released-north-america-054618002.html |2015-02-11
  2. ^ "American Indian director Amit to make BLEMISHED LIGHT". 6 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Dark Frames to Release 'Unfreedom,' Starring Victor Banerjee". The Hollywood Reporter. 10 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Victor Banerjee to star in Blemished Light". 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  5. ^ "'Today, no one respects age, experience, talent or discipline'". 17 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  6. ^ "'Grey Matter – Bollywood's latest discovery – Adil Hussain seeks complex roles in the industry'". 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  7. ^ "IIT SCREENS BANNED FILM ABOUT LESBIANS".
  8. ^ "Raj Amit Kumar to use crowdfunding campaign to release his film, Unfreedom". 17 February 2015.