THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS

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United States / Short Film /
3 minutes / Hindi and English
Director:  Fawzia Mirza

As a young girl, Fawzia Mirza fell under the spell of Bollywood heroines and their promise of love and feminine perfection. As an adult, she looks back and re-imagines the epic romance in the classic film Aradhana, in a queer light.

Fawzia Mirza is a former litigator who left her law career to pursue her dreams; she realized her favorite part of practicing law was actually ‘acting’ like a lawyer. She is now an actor, producer and writer. She has been in a number of Chicago-made Indie films and web series, including her own comedic web series, featured as 2013’ first ‘Project of the Week’ on Indiewire, Kam Kardashian. She tours with Catharsis Productions, originators of Sex Signals, a show that uses humor in a unique way to educate on sexual violence prevention. She performs the show year-round at colleges, universities and military institutions. Catharsis Productions will also produce her first play, a one-woman show about her experiences as a South Asian-Muslim-American woman, entitled Me, My Mom & Sharmila Tagore.