Manipuri-English film promoting gender-neutral fashion to be screened in Mumbai

Award-winning Manipuri filmmaker Priyakanta Laishram‘s 2018 English-Manipuri film ‘Who Said Boys Can’t Wear Makeup’ will be screened at the Radisson Mumbai on October 15, 2023, as part of an event organised by retail fashion brand Lifestyle to promote gender-neutral fashion and environment-friendly clothing.

The film, based on misconceptions and prejudices that are imposed on men who wear cosmetics and gender-neutral clothing, was also one of the first Indian films and the first film from Northeast India to address the subject of men’s makeup and gender-neutral clothing.

Starring prominent public figures from all over India, including Inder Bajwa, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Bala Hijam, Peden Ongmu Namgyal, Thounaojam Strela Luwang, Rajkumari Linthoisana, John Oinam, Sangreela Maisnam, and Teresa Paonam, alongside Priyakanta Laishram, the film also had its premiere at St. Regis, Mumbai, on April 7, 2018.