Film
Eunuchs: India's Third Gender
United Kingdom- Director
- Michael Yorke
- Year
- 1998
Hijras. Eunuchs. Transgender.
This extraordinary film explores the twilight world of India's eunuchs who both exploit and bewail their ill-defined status within society. The eunuchs introduce a special world, where for them divinity and daily life alternate in the flash of an exquisitely made-up eye. A 3,600-strong ancient sect who claim to be descended from the gods live in relative luxury. Other Indian men explain why they too underwent painful castration.
Top cast
Directed by
Michael Yorke
Written by
Michael Yorke
Produced by
Surinder Puri, Aruna Har Prasad
