Onir

Filmmaker Onir returns to queer storytelling with 'Tumhari Khushboo', a short film featuring visually impaired performer Shashi Bhushan and Barun Sobti. The narrative explores an intimate love story between a visually impaired masseur and a sports instructor, focusing on sensory connection beyond sight. This project highlights the intersection of queerness and disability, offering a nuanced portrayal of agency and dignity.

Recently there were reports stating that I Am director Onir will not be directing the sequel to Anurag Basu’s Life In A Metro. In fact, Onir had tweeted: ‘No Metro 2 but Hamlet for sure (sic).’

Ace film-maker Onir, now busy soaking in the Puja spirit in his home town Kolkata, has expressed happiness at the way his forthcoming Delhi-centric "Shab" is shaping up.

Director Onir is fulfilling his life long dream of visiting Nepal. Onir is on a travelling spree these days and is in Kathmandu enjoying the beautiful weather and his favourite momos nowadays.

Filmmaker Onir feels that most of the heterosexual filmmakers out there try to show queer community through their lens are basically homophobic.

Onir and Sanjay Suri���s production Chauranga has been creating a buzz ever since it won at the MAMI last year.

Filmmaker Onir recently released his memoir titled ‘I am Onir & I Am Gay’. In one of the chapters of the autobiography, he revealed that he was offered to direct the 2003 film, ‘Chameli’ starring Kareena Kapoor Khan.

"I don't know from where these stories have come up that I will be directing Life In A Metro 2. The fact is I am not!," says Onir.

Director Onir recently took the Metro in Delhi to see Sanjay Suri’s new born son in Gurgaon

While UNDP is supporting Onir’s movie I Am Omar, UNICEF refuses to come on board for I Am Abhimanyu...

Noted fashion designer Wendell Rodricks says the story of Onir's movie 'Shab' is close to his heart which made him take up styling for its lead actor.

With non-mainstream films and complex subjects getting limelight and acceptance by audience, filmmaker Onir hopes his upcoming production Chauranga, about class oppression in rural India, will benefit from the present scenario.

Titled 'We Are', Onir’s next project is a sequel to 'I Am', and will feature a trans woman and drag artistes, apart from actors like Kubbra Sait and Nimisha Sajayan

Nila Madhab Panda and Onir met the Odisha chief minister on Thursday

Filmmaker Onir says actress Raveena Tandon will leave the audience stunned with her performance in his upcoming directorial venture 'Shab'.

Onir casts her in love story that will also bring back Sangeeta Bijlani

As part of his research for an upcoming project, filmmaker Onir recently visited Raipur and Sirpur in Chhattisgarh. Mesmerised by the ancient architecture and sumptuous food, Onir’s first trip to the tribal belt of India turned out to be an eventful affair.

Onir, who spent his formative years in the city, is so much in love with Kolkata that he has returned with his new directorial, Kuch Bheege Alfaaz.

After signing on directors Anurag Kashyap and Nandita Das, Onir gets Anurag Basu to agree to play a Bengali doctor in I Am Afia......

Years ago, she severed ties with SRK and Dreams Unlimited was dissolved; the actress has now decided to produce Onir’s next.

With most contemporary movies showing religion as a major problem, filmmaker Onir has decided to undertake a new venture.The national award winning director is all set to bring Hamlet to the celluloid.

Yuvraaj Parashar has apologized to Onir, after accusing him of molestation

Known for making socially relevant off-beat movies, filmmaker Onir feels the biggest challenge an independent film faces today is of distribution and the Rs 100-crore clubs.

Filmmaker Onir is sad that his social-drama "Chauranga" has run into trouble with the censor board while much more "regressive stuff" gets away in the name of entertainment.

National Award-winning director Onir's memoir will hit the stands next year, Penguin Random House India announced on March 2, 2021.

It’s been seven years since he first spoke about making a film on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, but it’s only now that National Award-winning director Onir is going to start work on it.

Filmmaker and author Onir’s flight ticket was cancelled at the last moment, while Javed Akhtar was not invited despite expressing his desire to speak at the event

Like the other artistes participating in Onir’s various short films, Manisha too will not charge a single penn

Onir, a filmmaker, hopes to bring LGBTQIA+ stories to Bollywood despite commercial hesitations and audience perceptions of unpopular subjects.

Filmmaker Onir took to his Twitter handle and praised Harshvardhan Kulkarni’s upcoming film ‘Badhaai Do’ starring Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar in a lavender marriage.