I am Bonnie

Overview

Bonnie is on the run again. He has been on the run from his family and sports fraternity since failing a 'sex test' before the Bangkok Asian Games in 1998. Born intersex, raised by poor, illiterate and confused parents as a girl named 'Bandana', s/he became one of the finest strikers of Indian Woman's football team in her/his short career. A sex reassignment surgery later transformed her/him to a man but left him without a home or a career. He left home, took up idol-making for a living.He met Swati, married soon but moved once again fearing social backlash. His fight to establish his identity, struggle for existence met by a sarcastic society yet to learn to take 'other genders' seriously.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 6, 2014

Original language

Bangla

Spoken languages

Bengali

Countries

India

Production

Films Division of India

Cast

Bonnie Pal

Director

Farha Khatun,Sourabh Kanti Datta

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt4175096