QUEER PARIVAAR
DIRECTOR | WRITER | PRODUCER | ACTOR
When a mysterious gatecrasher appears at their wedding, Madhav and Sufi are forced to face past secrets and reflect on what makes a family.
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PRESS COVERAGE
Queer Parivaar Is Showing How To Make LGBTQ+ South Asians Feel Seen
'I want my film to show that queer South Asians are thriving'
Shiva Raichandani on creating Queer Parivaar and nurturing South Asian LGBTQ+ excellence
CREW
DIRECTOR
Shiva Raichandani
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Huma Qazi
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Prima Alam, British LGBT Awards & Resham Raichandani
PRODUCERS
Raisilience, Darius Shu & Neeraj Churi
WRITERS
Amani Saeed & Shiva Raichandani
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Darius Shu
FEATURING
Shiva Raichandani, Taru Devani, Asifa Lahore, Raimu Itfum, Aroob Sajjad, Anick Soni, Mahatma Khandi & Asad Shaykh
EDITOR
Alex Balcombe & Darius Shu
MUSIC
Rushil & Leo Kalyan
SOUND DESIGN
Cassini Sound: Dan Pugsley & Eliran Sivan, Jane Lo
COLOURIST
Sarah Buxton
POST-PRODUCTION HOUSE
Goldcrest
GAFFER
Hollie Mapp
MAKE-UP ARTIST
Amrita Mudan & Maha Alselami
STILLS
Khuram Mirza & Saima Khalid
STYLING
Laura Laas & Qamar Usman
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Kaajel Patel
SOUND RECORDING
Joao Manuel Correia
Special Thanks: Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Rahemur Rahman, The Tram House, 221 London, Kate Stuart and Kamlu Kirpalani.
Queer Parivaar was partially funded via a GoFundMe campaign with over 150 donors.




















