>Onirs I Am to open London Asian Film Festival

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Director Onir’s “I Am”, a tale of four stories woven together that takes audiences through issues and dilemmas that bruise modern Indian society, will open 13th London Asian Film Festival, starting March 18.

Touching upon subjects like sperm donation, child sexual abuse and homosexuality, the film, starring Nandita Das, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Suri and Rahul Bose, also marks the acting debut of directors Anurag Kashyap and Anurag Basu.

Sanjay and Onir’s “I Am” is an unique film as it has been co-produced by over 400 people from 35 cities across the world and comes to a theatre near you April 22.

Other films to be showcased at the London Asian Film Festival, which ends March 27, ar “Cooking with Stella”, “Peepli Live”, “Gandhi”, “When Harry Tries to Marry” and “Pankh”.