My Son is Gay

My Son is Gay (2016)

En Magan Magizhvan

Story of Lakshmi, a mother, and her son Varun, who is gay. Varun struggles to accept his identity and opens up to Lakshmi, who is an orthodox lady. The film is a journey of their struggles to accept reality.

Date of release
2016-01-29
TMDB
1.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
2h 35m
Genres
Family, Drama
Director
Lokesh Kumar

Casting

Interesting facts

My Son Is Gay, also known as En Magan Magizhvan in India, is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language film. It is a tale of a gay man coming out and the impact it has on his relationship with his mother and other people around them. Lokesh Kumar, a filmmaker from Chennai, India, wrote and directed the film. The film is about acceptance, tolerance, and the right of marginalized people to live with dignity in mainstream of society. The film has won 4 awards.

Production

The project began as a Hindi-language feature film in 2013. The makers made an unsuccessful attempt at crowd-funding and put the film on hold for almost two years. By 2016 the director Lokesh Kumar and Anil Saxena (producer) decided to produce it in Tamil. The movie was shot at Malabar Cove (near the famous Drive-in Beach of Muzhappilangad) in Kannur, Kerala, South India.

In 2018, the rights of the film was acquired by a Mumbai based company called Select Media & the film was dubbed in Hindi language, which was further sold to Star India for their television streaming. The Hindi dubbed version was released on 4 October 2020 and the original Tamil version was released on 4 November 2020 in Youtube.

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