{"id":1066,"date":"2025-03-21T13:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2025-10-14T12:57:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T12:57:51","slug":"jaydeep-sarkar-rainbow-rishta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/2025\/03\/21\/jaydeep-sarkar-rainbow-rishta\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaydeep Sarkar, ‘Rainbow Rishta’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Please join us for a screening of episode one of\u00a0Rainbow Rishta<\/em>\u00a0(2023), followed by a talk from the filmmaker Jaydeep Sarkar and an audience Q&A. This event is hosted by the QM South Asia Forum and Peace in India.<\/p>\n

All welcome but\u00a0please click here to register via TicketTailor<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rainbow Rishta<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a GLAAD-nominated documentary series that premiered at the 2023 JIO MAMI Film Festival. Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, the six-part series explores real, powerful love stories across India, highlighting diverse queer experiences, including those of intersex individuals\u2014voices seldom heard in mainstream media. Praised as a “Breakthrough Series” by\u00a0Nikkei Asia<\/em>, “Moving and Necessary” by\u00a0Times Now<\/em>, and “Raw and Genuine” by\u00a0India Today<\/em>,\u00a0Rainbow Rishta<\/em>\u00a0is a pioneering work in South Asian queer storytelling.<\/p>\n

Jaydeep Sarkar\u00a0<\/strong>is a filmmaker and writer. He has directed several award-winning commercials and written films like\u00a0Khoya Khoya Chand<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Shaurya<\/em><\/strong>. His directorial ventures – including the short film\u00a0Nayantara’s Necklace<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and OTT series\u00a0Rainbow Rishta<\/em><\/strong>, nominated for a 2024 GLAAD Award – have received global acclaim. In 2024, Jaydeep was named a Breakthrough Artist by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).<\/p>\n

Jaydeep’s talk is called ‘How I discovered courage, found a community, and discovered the strength to celebrate myself in the most unexpected places’. Working on\u00a0Rainbow Rishta<\/em>, Jaydeep uncovered an unexpected truth: small-town India often leads in inclusivity.\u00a0Rainbow Rishta<\/em> highlights some of these untold stories, challenging the stereotype that small-town India is more regressive than its urban centres. Speaking about his experience of discovering these stories while making the landmark show, Jaydeep provocatively asks: While the queer rights movement has largely been shaped by western pride ideologies, might it be time for us to broaden our view by drawing on the inclusive traditions and practices found within South Asian cultures and communities?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please join us for a screening of episode one of\u00a0Rainbow Rishta<\/em>\u00a0(2023), followed by a talk from the filmmaker Jaydeep Sarkar and an audience Q&A. This event is hosted by the QM South Asia Forum and Peace in India.<\/p>\n

All welcome but\u00a0please click here to register via TicketTailor<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rainbow Rishta<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a GLAAD-nominated documentary series that premiered at the 2023 JIO MAMI Film Festival. Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, the six-part series explores real, powerful love stories across India, highlighting diverse queer experiences, including those of intersex individuals\u2014voices seldom heard in mainstream media. Praised as a “Breakthrough Series” by\u00a0Nikkei Asia<\/em>, “Moving and Necessary” by\u00a0Times Now<\/em>, and “Raw and Genuine” by\u00a0India Today<\/em>,\u00a0Rainbow Rishta<\/em>\u00a0is a pioneering work in South Asian queer storytelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1086,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/southasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}