- Studio: Postworks New York
- Release Date: Nov 16, 2001
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- Summary: An intimate, moving portrait of one eunuch family's struggle to survive in today's changing India.
- Director: Alexandra Shiva
- Genre(s): Documentary
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80It's nothing less than an examination of the very meaning of family.
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75The result is a remarkably beguiling documentary, on a number of levels.
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70The film offers a concise history of hijras, who used to officiate at births, weddings and other religious rituals.
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50A happy ending of sorts arrives out of nowhere -- against unfathomable odds, the string of awful ironies ends, for now, with sweet justice.