An adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai 's 1994 novel of the same name, the film centres on the coming of age of Arjie Chelvaratnam, a young Tamil boy in Sri Lanka who is coming to terms …

Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy uses six loosely connected stories to recount the childhood and adolescence of a Sri Lankan Tamil boy, Arjie, who comes of age in Colombo during the 1970s …

Shot on location in Colombo, the film stars Arush Nand as Arjie in childhood and Brandon Ingram as Arjie in his teenage years, as well as Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, Seema …

Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable... A student must navigate issues of sexuality, identity and family amid Sri Lanka's social turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s. Watch trailers & learn more.

“Shyam Selvadurai writes as sensitively about the emotional intensity of adolescence as he does about the wonder of childhood. He also paints an affectionate picture of an imperfect family in …

Funny Boy is a story about a seven-year-old boy Arjun (Arjie) who goes on to experience not only the ups and downs that accompany the discovery of one’s sexuality, but also the harsh reality …

But freedom comes at a price. The price is the preconceptions a white society has about coloured people. On one level, Funny Boy is a coming-of-age love story and on another, a film about …

Dec 10, 2020 · A coming-of-age story set in Sri Lanka during the leadup to the decades-long Sri Lankan Civil War, “Funny Boy” is strongest when it considers how heteronormative gender …

First published in 1994, Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai won critical acclaim for its portrayal of a young man’s coming of age as a gay Sri Lankan during the civil war crisis.

Widely known for her Elements trilogy - Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005) - Oscar-nominee Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy is based on Shyam Selvadurai’s best-selling Penguin …