Desire?

The every day realities of some people who identify as asexual, creating small ruptures in the homogenising culture of hypersexuality.
Directed by Garima Kaul | 2019
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
Garima Kaul is a filmmaker and writer who started her filmmaking journey with a documentary on sanitation workers in Bombay, winning her many accolades. Gender identity, politics and sexual expression have been the focal point of her work. She has made a film on the sex workers of Kamathipura, once Asia's largest "Red Light" district. Born in a Kashmiri migrant family, she is a graduate in Literature from the University of Delhi and a post-graduate in Media and Cultural Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M....
PSBT is a not-for-profit that has nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it has produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...)
PSBT is led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.
Credits
Cinematographers: Subhojit Paul, Siddharth Gomez, Anant Dixit, Sandeep Sreelekha, Suresh Giri, Babu
Sound Designer: Subir Das
Editor: Kartik M. Sharma
Music Composer: Deep Chakraborty
Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
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Last updated: June 2020

[@pippylunalove]

What a beautiful film, I'm so glad it was represented as valid by asexual people as well as a medical professional.

[@surajpoojari2518]

Loved every part of this absolutely amazing piece. Hopefully many confused asexual's find this and maybe get a clear vision about themselves and know that THEY'RE VALID.

[@ritikamaharana4966]

I was searching about movies with asexual characters and came across this news article headline that said 'First ever Indian film to reveal the realities of Asexuality'. Opened KZbin to watch the trailer and boom the film is also here! Was so delighted! Loved everything about it, especially that it included a medical professional! Thank you, really!! 💜🖤

[@teetee95]

god i loved each and every bit of this. personally, as someone who identifies as grey-ace and being pressured into a marriage, i wish i could just fight back in any way possible. i loved that these people are living life in their own terms. it's beautiful.

[@nerdywatercolorist6551]

Didn't realise it's up on KZbin!❤️ So happy about it!🙈

[@Gowithflow15]

Nicely covered all the aspects! I was actually looking for something like this in India's context... similar to (A)sexual documentary made in the US. Now-a-days, it is necessary to *normalise* discussion about sexual intimacy, and appetite especially in arranged marriage scenario so that no one suffers in the future. No families should break because of this if everything can be cleared before hand. Thank you PSBT!

[@znkhwhy2822]

This deserves far more traction then it got

[@mousuminandi3640]

The fact that this video isn't viral is proof enough of the ignorance and lack of representation in Indian context :')

[@Sippingteasince]

😭😭😭💜🖤💭