Gay Bollywood director says 'I won't be invisible'<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gay-bollywood-director-says-39-won-39-t-035114174.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NiTPHhfaeZfXsqeB1H3eTA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/c3e7f8bc533c754f1e0fb15ad6b618a7403fff96.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Indian director Onir pictured at a press conference ahead of the release of his movie 'I Am' in New Delhi on April 26, 2011" align="left" title="Indian director Onir pictured at a press conference ahead of the release of his movie 'I Am' in New Delhi on April 26, 2011" border="0" /></a>Onir, who uses one name, first started making waves with his 2005 film based on the real life story of swimming champion Dominic D'Souza, the southern Indian state of Goa's first reported case of HIV. The case of the man who had been a local hero but found himself shunned and criminalised because of his illness became a cause celebre in India, ending with his death in a Bombay hospital in 1992. The making of "My Brother... Nikhil", his directorial debut, opened Onir's eyes to the many difficulties of bringing taboo subjects to the screen in socially conservative India. The feature was named best Hindi film at India's 2012 National Film Awards, the country's equivalent of the Oscars.</p><br clear="all"/>
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