Nakshatra Bagwe
Nakshatra Bagwe (born December 11, 1990, Mumbai, India) is an Indian actor and award winning film maker. Nakshatra will be making his Indian feature film debut in My Son is Gay and is due for his international film debut as the lead actor of Hearts. His films Logging Out, Book of Love, Curtains and PR (Public Relations) represent current LGBT scenario of India. He is a LGBT rights activist and also an organiser of Gujarat's first ever pride march. Nakshatra has participated in several Pride Parades in India. He won KASHISH – Mumbai International Queer Film Festival in 2012 for his debut film Logging Out. It was screened at prestigious venues like Queens Museum of Arts (New York), The Old Cinema (London) and it was also a part of Queer India European tour 2012 to raise awareness about LGBT issues in the Indian context.
Early life and career
Nakshatra studied and is an alumnus of G.S. college, Birla College, N.G. Acharya, Kirti College. He graduated from the Mumbai University in mass media with a specialization in advertising. He pursued a post-graduation diploma in advertising from EMDI Institute of Media & Communication, Mumbai. He started making films on a low budget.
Filmography
As actor, director, editor and script writer.
Year |
Film |
|---|---|
2012 |
Logging Out |
2012 |
Book of Love |
2012 |
Curtains |
2012 |
Xmas Story |
2013 |
PR (Public Relations){{cite web|url=http://www.gaylaxymag.com/blogs/love-[...]-may-be-pr/ |title=Love? [...]? May be PR |
As actor.
Year |
Film |
Status |
|---|---|---|
2014 |
Acceptance |
Completed |
2014 |
My Son is Gay |
Filming |
2015 |
Hearts |
Filming |
Awards and achievements
He won Kashish Coffee Break Audience Choice Award at Kashish Mumbai Queer Film Festival, India (for Logging Out) He received his award from the Oscar winning music composer Resul Pookutty. Impressed with Logging Out actor, Anupam Kher declared a sponsorship of Rs 50,000 for the following year of Kashish. Nakshatra participated in Q&A session as the debutant award winning filmmaker at Qnema - an event of Indian Institute Technology – Bombay, one of the most prestigious institutes in India. His film was also screened at Godrej India Culture Lab. In July 2014, He became the brand ambassador of Moovz, a global social network for gay men. Nakshatra is first and only openly Indian LGBT person to be signed up as the brand ambassador by any brand till now.
Personal life
Nakshatra hails from Konkan coastal region. Masure, Malvan is his native village. He takes part in homosexuality awareness projects. Nakshatra and his mother were featured in a promo of popular Indian television show Satyamev Jayte. He came out to society when he participated in Asia’s first LGBT flashmob. He also participated in second queer flashmob which happened at Dadar station, Mumbai. Nakshatra posed [...] for a campaign named 'Breaking Closets'.