Onir
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| Born |
30 April 1969 Samchi, Bhutan |
| Residence | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer, film editor, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Onir is an Indian film and TV director, editor, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film My Brother…Nikhil, based on the life of Dominic d'Souza, starring Sanjay Suri. It was one of the first mainstream Hindi films to deal with AIDS and same-sex relationships. He has also won the National Award for his film I Am. His next movie is Shab coming in early 2017, starring Raveena Tandon and newcomer Ashish Bisht
He was born as Anirban Dhar in Samchi, Bhutan. His father Aparesh Dhar and mother Manjushree are of Bengali origin. Onir spent much of his childhood going to the cinema. Earlier, Aparesh Dhar had resigned from his position as a school principal when his Nepalese students were removed and arrested (they were later found dead). In Kolkata, Onir studied comparative literature and took a few film classes at Chitrabani film school. He graduated from Jadavpur University in 1989, but left before getting his post-graduate degree when he received a scholarship to study film editing at SFBTTC in Berlin. He later returned to India and worked as an editor, script writer, art director, music album producer and song /music video director.
In 1992, he directed and produced his first Documentary Film, 'Fallen Hero' based on painter Bijon Chaudhury's life. He also served as an assistant to Kalpana Lajmi on Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001) where he had his first experience directing a full-length feature film.
It was while working on a documentary about Dominic D'Souza, a champion swimmer and AIDS patient in Goa, that Onir conceived the idea for his first film. His directorial debut, My Brother... Nikhil (2005), starring co-producer Sanjay Suri and actress Juhi Chawla deals with the Goan government's harsh treatment of AIDS patients in the 1980s and the stigma attached to them.My Brother... Nikhil was screened at several international film festivals and Juhi Chawla received an IIFA nomination for her role as the main character's supportive sister. It was screened at over 40 international film festivals, and won the 'Audience Choice Awards in Milan, LGBT film festival, Best Film & Jury Audience choice Award at Montreal, image+nation Film Festival amongst others.
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