I Am (2010 Indian film)

I Am is a 2011 Indian anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films Omar, Afia, Abhimanyu, and Megha. Each film shares the common theme of fear and each is also based on reallife stories. The film was financed by donations from more than 400 different people around the world, many of whom donated through social networking sites like Facebook. There are four stories but the characters are interwoven with each story. Abhimanyu is based on child abuse, Omar on gay rights, Megha is about Kashmiri Pandits and Afia deals with sperm donation. I Am was released with subtitles in all regions as six different languages are spoken in the film Hindi, English, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Kashmiri.

Onir raised financing from not only the films stars, but also from members of the general public from around the world. Using Twitter and Facebook, Onir offered backers coproduction credit in the film and a share in the profits. People who donated more than Rs.100,000 became coproducers with a share in profits while those who contributed less than Rs.100,000 received a mention in the credits. People have sent their contributions from Austria, the USA, Nigeria and Australia. I Am is the first mainstream Hindi film that is crowdsourced through social networking sites. Over 400 people from 45 cities across the world made this film happen by volunteering or contributing financially.Many of the participants in the film worked for free Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala and Anurag Kashyap did not draw salaries and Manish Malhotra designed the films costumes for free. Fashion designers like Manish Arora and Aki Narula have made costumes available for free, while actors and his friends Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Suri, and director Anurag Kashyap have supported him with ideas. Juhi Chawla and Purab Kohli also financially contributed to the stories in the movie. ........

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