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FilmmakerandgayactivistSridharRangayanembarksonapersonaljourneytoexposethehumanrightsviolationsfacedbytheLGBTQcommunityinIndiaduetoadraconianlawSection377andhomophobicsocialmoresofapatriarchalsociety.ThegrittydocumentaryBREAKINGFREEfeaturessearingtestimoniesofgayandtransgenderpersonswhohavebeenvictimizedorexploited,aswellaswide-ranginginterviewswithadvocatesandactivists.See-sawingbetweendespairandjoy,anguishandhope,thefilmoffersaninsiderviewoftheIndianLGBTQcommunityandisadocumentationofitsmovementfrominvisibilitytoempowerment.

Thestorybeginsin1996whenColonelSodhi,now70 - visitshissisterandherfamily.However,evenafteroverhalfacentury,thenightmaresofhisintensebattleanditsaftermathoftenreturntohaunthim.OldSodhiandyoungAmarbegintobondandSodhiaccompaniesAmartoBurma(Myanmar)foranassignmentfromBBCtoshootadocumentaryonthestudentsagainsttheMilitaryJuntaforfreedomanddemocracy.InSingapore,SodhivisitstheplaceswhichbringbackthememoriesofhimasaLieutenantintheBritishIndianArmyLt.SodhimeetsabeautifulphotographerMayawhoinspireshimtochange.SodhifallsinlovewithMayawhojoinstheIndianNationalArmy.OldSodhilandsinBurmawithAmar,andiswelcomedbyanIndiangirlRani.TheyaccidentallygetcaughtinthestudentprotestandfiringbytheMilitaryJuntatosuppressthestudentagitation.WhenthesoldiersoftheMilitaryJuntagetroughandviolentwithAmarandRani,oldSodhiissuddenlytransformedintotheyoungLt.SodhiandkillsthetwoBurmesesoldierstodefendhisgroup.OldSodhiandhisgroup’sescapefromtheBurmesesoldiersrunsparalleltotheattackbytheBritishbombersonLt.Sodhi’sunit.In1944 - theIndianNationalArmy,tired,hungry,cold,feverish,sickhadreachedImphaltodefenditagainstalltheoddspiledheavilyagainstthem.InaschoolsetupbyRani’sgrandmother,OldSodhifindsthephotographofMayaandrealizesthatMayahasbeendead.OldSodhi,finallyredeemshimselfbyhelpinghisyounggroupsafelycrossoverfromBurmaintoIndia,andkeephispromisetoMayathathewouldonedayreturntoBurmatofindherandbewithherwhenhisbodyisblownbytheBurmesesoldierstoashesandglory.

The story of eleven prostitutes who refuse to part ways with their brothel and each other during the partition between India and Pakistan.