Fawzia Mirza's The Queen of My Dreams is a love letter to Bollywood and queerness

12:36Amrit Kaur lands her first leading film role in the queer, Bollywood-inspired The Queen of My Dreams

For Fawzia Mirza, making The Queen of My Dreams her feature film debut was cathartic.

“It saved my life,” said the writer-director.

The film, which began its life as an art installation and then a 2012 short film, is Mirza’s love letter to Bollywood romance and queerness. 

It tells the story of a mother, Mariam, played by Nimra Bucha, and her daughter, Azra, coming of age while exploring the two characters’ complicated relationships to their home countries and each other. Breakout Canadian actor Amrit Kaur plays both