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  • Summary: An intimate, moving portrait of one eunuch family's struggle to survive in today's changing India.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    80
    It's nothing less than an examination of the very meaning of family.
  2. The result is a remarkably beguiling documentary, on a number of levels.
  3. The film offers a concise history of hijras, who used to officiate at births, weddings and other religious rituals.
  4. 50
    A happy ending of sorts arrives out of nowhere -- against unfathomable odds, the string of awful ironies ends, for now, with sweet justice.

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