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Roobha (2017)

1h 31m

Running Time

Roobha (2017)

Name: Roobha
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017-12-09

1h 31m

Running Time

Plot.

A beautiful twenty-year old transwoman dancer, Roobha, falls in love with a much older charismatic family man, Anthony, giving him a sense of escape and solace from his mundane life and troubles.

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Cast & Crew.

Amrit Sandhu

Roobha

Antonythasan Jesuthasan

Anthony

Thenuka Kantharajah

Pavun

Dan Bertolini

Maya

Brian Scott Carleton

Dr. Jefferson

Gwenlyn Cumyn

Receptionist

Cassandra James

Lucia

Lenin M. Sivam

Writer / Director

Tony Cauch

Dr. Finch

Warren Sinnathamby

Producer

Asif Illyas

Composer

Arsenij Gusev

Cinematographer

Rohan Fernando

Editor

Joanne Boreham

CastingDirector

Media.

Details.

Release Date
December 9, 2017

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 31m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-12

Wiki.

Roobha is a 2018 Canadian film directed and written by Lenin M. Sivam. It was produced by Warren Sinnathamby under the banner of Next Productions and stars Amrit Sandhu and Antonythasan Jesuthasan. It is based on a story by Antonythasan Jesuthasan, who writes under the pseudonym Shoba Sakthi. The film explores the harsh realities faced by a young South-Asian trans-woman who struggles to make a living in Toronto after she is ostracized by her family.

Roobha had its world premiere at Montreal World Film Festival on August 25, 2018. It was also the opening film of the 18th Annual Reelworld Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, an Official Selection for the Cambridge Film Festival, Official Selection in the World Panorama Section of the International Film Festival of India in Goa, Official Selection of the Windsor International Film Festival in Canada, Official Selection of the Whistler Film Festival in Canada, London Indian Film Festival in UK, Official Selection of the Melbourne Indian Film Festival in Australia, and Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival.