Sridhar Rangayan

Sridhar Rangayan wears many caps – of a producer, director and writer. He has consistently strived to give a voice to social issues in India through his films, writings and public speaking for over two decades.

His award winning films The Pink Mirror, Yours Emotionally, 68 Pages, Project Bolo, Purple Skies, Breaking Free, Evening Shadows and Raja Bro present hard-hitting social issues with warmth, compassion and humor; and are at the forefront of India’s emergent queer cinema movement. His film Breaking Free won the prestigious National Award for Best Editing (non-fiction) awarded by the Government of India. His film Evening Shadows has won 27 awards and has been official selection in 82 international film festivals. It had a limited theatrical release in India.

His films The Pink Mirror, Breaking Free and Evening Shadows have streamed on Netflix; Purple Skies was telecast on India’s National Network. Yours Emotionally is distributed on Amazon and other platforms.

He has served as Jury for prestigious film festivals such as Berlinale (Germany), Iris Prize (UK), Movies That Matter (Netherlands), Mardi Gras (Australia), Outfest (USA), Seattle Queer Film Festival (USA), Tasveer (USA) and Image+Nation (Canada).
He was facilitated with Zinegoak Honour Prize in 2019, which is awarded as recognition of a lifetime of work by a LGBTQ+ creative artist by the festival in Spain.

He has figured in the list of ‘Global List of LGBT Influencers’ by BFI Flare, UK; ‘5 most influential gay & lesbian Indians’ by Pink Pages, India; and ‘21 heroes changing LGBTI Asia for the better’ by Asia LGBT Milestone Awards, Hong Kong.