Under the Sun - Season 3 Episode 1 Eunuchs: India's Third Gender

Name: Under the Sun
Genre: Documentary
Released: 20 Aug 2000
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2000-08-20 United Kingdom 50 minutes.

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Eunuchs: India's Third Gender Jun 27, 1991
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Overview

Kiran was castrated four months ago. His best friend Harish yearns to be a woman but has a wife and two children. Shardabai is the Empress of the Eunuchs. She preserves the courtly traditions of the eunuchs who once guarded the Maharaja's hareems. But today most eunuchs end up in the brothels of Bombay. Eunuchs are both man and woman in one body and granted the power to bless and curse. They have all survived the trauma of gender identity. This film shows how the 'third gender' still has an accepted place in India today.

Year 2000

Studio BBC Two

Director

Crew David Pearson (Editor)

Popularity 5.6613

Language English