About “Eunuch Alley”
Eunuch Alley
Eunuch Alley is a Bollywood-Noir about gangsters, journalists, eunichs, mothers, and castration. It follows the adventures of a journalist, Salil, as he encounters eunuchs, his mother, and famous criminal Charles Sobhraj. This surreal film is set in India but was shot in Philadelphia, using a multiracial cast. Using elements from Bombay film and from Noir Eunuch Alley rollicks its way from chases to musical numbers to lush flashbacks.
“A combination of David Lynch and Monty Python….disturbingly entertaining!”
Kurt Engfehr, academy award winner, Bowling for Columbine
“Filmmaker Shashwati Talukdar has her glamorous eunuchs dance, sing and lift their skirts to help expose the fears and frailties of men, the confines of gender and the dilemmas of art.”
Veronica Vera, founder and author, Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls
Note: Eunuch Alley does not present a sociologically realistic portrayal of either Eunuchs or Charles Sobhraj.
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Film exhibition format: 35 mm, 1:1.85. Sound: Optical, stereo, SR (no dolby)
Video exhibition format: BetaSP NTSC. Sound: Stereo.