Much as I believed, that he was simply a bully, with every passing year his demeanour began to take on escalating domination. Much as he dominated my body, Gerald never became too carried away and was always content just playfully subjugating me. Gerald was two years older than I was, and all three siblings had been born a year apart, with Arthur, the youngest, my age.ĭuring future visits and for the next four years, Gerald made sure that at one or another point when we were alone, he would torment me with his wrestling prowess. From then on, all three of his sons, particularly Gerald, referred to me as ‘The Ballerina.’ Fortunately, Harold and Arthur, Monty’s other sons were not as annoying as Gerald was. To my horror, my dad insisted I perform flick-flacks and tumbles for them. Shortly after, I began participating in gymnastics at the age of twelve Monty’s motley crew visited us. Having been a wrestler, he and all his boys were into and participated in contact sports. Monty was into any kind of activity where men beat the shit out of one another. In a family of roustabouts, Monty and his mob took matters to an even grubbier level, and even his unattractive and coarse wife was reviled by the entire family. Joyfully, interaction with them happened no more than twice a year. Monty was my father’s slightly older brother, and his three boys were ogres that I could not abide. Everyone always contributed to the get-togethers, and so it was not a financial strain on my mom and dad.Īs luck would have it, one of the families that did not live close by was my least favourite. Although we also visited relatives, our home seemed to be the hubbub of family activity.įortunately, I got on well with most of my cousins, and so I always enjoyed our gatherings. Our home was like a busy train station, because my dad was a very outgoing person, and loved having family around. My mother was one of four sisters, who also lived rather nearby. Five of the brothers lived in the same suburb and we interacted very frequently. Strangely, all four sisters lived far away, and we seldom saw them. Nine of them were male, and the other four sisters.
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While I got an actor to play the boyfriend, I had to play the victim’s character in the movie myself,’’ said Laishram, who has also written, produced and directed the film.I grew up in a predominantly blue-collar Catholic family back in the sixties and seventies. Every actor said no because it was the role of a gay man. “I spent eight months just looking for an actor to play the lead role. Laishram says it was “exceedingly’’ difficult. Whether it is a rock or classical or pop music video, the women have to mandatorily wear phaneks (Manipuri traditional clothing), and no other clothing is permitted,’’ said Meena Longjam who won a national award for her film “Autodriver’’ in 2015. “It’s not just films, but even music videos. Restrictions were imposed on Manipuri cinema: lead characters would have to wear traditional clothing, storylines would have to be traditional, and dream sequences and fantasies were banned. In 2002, Meitei-centric valley groups banned Hindi movies in the state. Manipuri cinema is circumscribed by diktats of insurgent groups that act as moral police. “I received threatening calls from four different insurgent groups,’’ he said. In 2018, the independent filmmaker released a short film on male sexuality and child sexual abuse. This was not the first time that Laishram has received threats for his work. Martin is not a name that is commonly used,’’ he says. “I changed the name of the character, and chose Martin as his surname…very carefully, after research, so as to not hurt the sentiments of any community. When Laishram first announced the movie, he says he received threats from the community to which the victim belonged. “In any case, in tribal areas, it is tribal law that holds prevalence, so there is little that the police can do in such situations,’’ Laishram said.
A case was never registered and it was deemed a suicide,” he said.
That night, after the victim had come home, the brother mixed bleaching powder and ammonia in his milk. “The victim’s older brother, who was keeping a close watch, followed him to a rendezvous.
Laishram says the victim kept a detailed account of what had happened in a journal, which forms the basis of the film.Īccording to Laishram, the two lovers got in touch with each other after several months. The victim’s cousin told Laishram that the boy was subjected to exorcisms and submerged in water in an attempt to re-baptise him. According to Laishram, the two boys were subjected to conversion therapy by their families.