Synopsis
The AIDS JaaGO project presents four short films by directors Mira Nair, Vishal Bhardwaj, Santosh Sivan and Farhan Akhtar that aim to dismantle myths and misconceptions about HIV/AIDS. This project was the brainchild of Mira Nair and is produced by her company, Mirabai Films. The four AIDS Jaago films come from different parts of India - each with in its own genre and each with a different point about HIV/AIDS.
Migration depicts the AIDS virus as the great class leveler in society by following its transmission through interweaving stories linking urban and rural India. The film follows Birju, a young man who makes a careless decision that destroys the lives of everyone around him.
Accomplished director/writer/Producer Mira Nair was born in India and educated at Delhi University and at Harvard. She began her film career as an actor and then turned to directing, making several award-winning features including Salaam Bombay!, Monsoon Wedding, Hysterical Blindness, and The Namesake. Nair's upcoming projects include Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul for HBO, and Hari Kunzru's The Impressionist, and there are also plans to take Monsoon Wedding to Broadway. Nair currently lives in New York City with her husband and son.
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