The film tells a story of awakening sexual identity against the backdrop of Sri Lanka’s most turbulent periods. Acquired by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing earlier this month, Deepa Mehta‘s “Funny Boy, ...

When Deepa Mehta makes a new film, there’s bound to be tension. Not behind-the-scenes personality scuffle type of tension. More like receiving death threats kind of tension. Productions by the ...

Arush Nand plays the young Arjie at his make-believe wedding in Funny Boy. In the opening pages of the 1994 Canadian novel Funny Boy, a young Sri Lankan boy named Arjie refuses to play cricket with ...

'Funny Boy', Canada’s Oscar entry for best international feature, is a gay coming-of-ager set in the lead-up to the civil war in Sri Lanka, directed by Deepa Mehta ('Water'). By Deborah Young If there ...

Deepa Mehta took Canada to the Oscars in 2006 with Water and she could do it again with Funny Boy. The daring Indian-Canadian director delivers one of her best and most beautiful films yet with this ...

Deepa Mehta's gorgeous adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai's popular novel sets an intimate romance amidst wrenching political turmoil. On the surface, “Funny Boy” has very little to do with the Barbra ...

India-born Deepa Mehta, director of the Canadian drama film “Funny Boy,” co-wrote the script based on the popular 1994 novel by Shyam Selvadurai about the coming of age of a gay Tamil youth in Sri ...

The first trailer for Deepa Mehta’s forthcoming coming-of-age drama Funny Boy debuted today after it was announced that it would be Canada’s official selection for Best International Feature Film for ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has disqualified Canada's entry for best international feature Oscar consideration, Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy, for having too much dialogue in English. By ...

For me, growing up in Sri Lanka during a civil war was a surreal experience. One of the most groundbreaking books that I loved that captured the complexities of the moment, was Funny Boy by acclaimed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the surface, “Funny Boy” has very little to do with the Barbra Streisand musical its title is riffing on. The story of a fey ...