Private Project

Naked Wheels

The film is about the journey undertaken by a diverse group of people comprising males, females and transgenders across South India in a truck. The film seeks to explore many compelling thoughts on life, love, and gender. The film hopes for a society where none have to crush their desires because the majority does not understand it...

  • Rajesh James
    Director
    Zeebra Lines
  • Rajesh James
    Writer
  • Rajesh James
    Producer
  • Living Smile Vidya, Gee Semlar, Ashokan
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    4,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Malayalam
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Peleponisos International Documentary Film Festival Greece 2017,
    Kalamata
    Greece
    January 27, 2017
  • SIGNS Film Festival, Kerala, India
    Kochi
    India
  • International Film Festival of Shimla 2016, India
    Shimla
  • The Bangalore Queer Film Festival,2017.
    Bangalore
    India
  • International Short and Documentary Festival Of Kerala, 2016
    Thiruvanathapuram
    India
  • International Feminist Film Festival Of Kerala,2016
    Thiruvanthapuram
    India
    P.K.Rossy Award for Best Documentray
  • SATRANG
    Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
    India
    Indian Premiere
  • 'Dialogues': Kolkata International LGBT Film & Video Festival,2016.
    Kolkata
    India
  • 8th KASHISH International Queer Film Festival 2017
    Mumbai
    India
    May 26, 2017
    Mumbai
    K.F.Patil Unity In Diversity Award For Best Documentary Short and Riyad Wadia Award for Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker
  • Tasveer South Asian Film Festival

    United States
    April 24, 2018
    North American Preimiere
    Official selection
  • New York Indian Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    May 12, 2018
    New York Primiere
    Nominated for Best Documentary
  • Queen City Cinephiles events
    North Carolina
    United States
    May 20, 2018
    Nominated for Best Documentary
Director Biography - Rajesh James

Rajesh James is an award-winning documentary film maker and film researcher from Kochi, India. He was awarded the prestigious Riyad Wadia Award for Best Emerging Filmmaker, India in 2017. His documentary Naked Wheels won K.F.Patil Unity in Diversity Award for Best Documentary Short at Kashish International Queer Film Festival Mumbai in 2017. He was also awarded PK Rossy Puraskaram for Best Documentary 2016 by Kerala Sthree Padana Kendram, Government of Kerala at International Feminist Film Festival of Kerala 2016.He has directed documentary films like In Thunder, Lightning and Rain (2018) Naked Wheels (2017) and Zebra Lines (2014).

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