Bradford Queer Film Festival is delighted to screen Bend It Like Bollywood with a special ‘bollyqueer’ workshop delivered by the film's star Vinay and a Gujarati lunch!
Tickets to Bend It Like Bollywood AND Bollyqueer are included in all weekend passes and Sunday passes. This ticket is for people who wish ONLY to attend Bend It Like Bollywood.
Pay what you can tickets are designed to make as many BQFF events as accessible as possible. We trust audiences to pay a ticket price that they feel suits their financial situation. BQFF relies on ticket sales to run and on trust to ensure we can offer cheap and PWYC tickets. We suggest £10 for the film and class and £5 for the film only for those with expendable income.
Vinay (he/they) gives a whole new meaning to Bollywood. As a Gender non-conforming dancer who believes you don’t have to dance like a ‘man’ or a ‘woman’ but can do it in a non-gendered way. And he’s put his belief on the line by opening his own Bollywood dance classes in his own image, Bollyqueer.
But Vinay hasn’t always felt so free to be himself. Growing up in Leicester, he felt unable to live his life as a visibly out and queer person, worried what his community and family would think of his sexuality and way of life.
Bend It Like Bollywood follows Vinay as they bring Bollyqueer to Leicester for the first time. Can he bridge the gap of understanding between himself and his dad on his gender non-conformity? Or will the launch of Bollyqueer drive a wedge between them? Can Vinay be accepted by a community, which he felt rejected him when growing up?
Exploring gender, family and community, this moving and ultimately life-affirming film follows Vinay as he tries to bury the ghosts of his past as he puts it all on the line to stage the biggest show of his life.