Nakshatra Bagwe

Nakshatra Bagwe is an Indian actor and filmmaker.[1][2]

Nakshatra Bagwe
Born
Mumbai, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor and filmmaker
Known forFilms and Contribution to LGBTQ community

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.[3] Nakshatra will be making his international film debut as the lead actor of Hearts. His films Logging Out, Book of Love, Curtains, PR (Public Relations) and When the Circus Came to Town represent current LGBT scenario of India. He is a LGBT rights activist and was also a part of the organizing team of Gujarat's first ever pride march. He also spearheaded Gujarat's third and Baroda's first LGBT pride march.[4] 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. Nakshatra owns a travel company named 'The BackPack Travels' which exclusively caters to gay and bisexual men.[5]

Personal life
In first picture Nakshatra Bagwe with his mother, Swati Bagwe at Pune LGBT Pride 2015 and in second picture Nakshatra with his mother, Swati and sister, Samiksha Mirashi at Mumbai LGBT Pride March 2015.

Nakshatra hails from Konkan coastal region. Masure, Malvan is his native village. He takes part in homosexuality awareness projects. Nakshatra and his mother, Swati Bagwe attend LGBT pride marches in various cities. They both 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 nude for a campaign named 'Breaking Closets'.[6] In early 2016, On his Facebook page, Nakshatra revealed that his mother is suffering from breast cancer and to be with her throughout her treatment, he has left the Indian film 'My Son Is Gay' in between. Nakshatra's mother passed away on 5 April 2017.

Filmography

As actor, director, editor and script writer.

Year Film
2012 Logging Out[7]
2012 Book of Love[8]
2012 Curtains[9]
2012 Xmas Story[10]
2013 PR (Public Relations)[11]
2015 When the Circus Came to Town[12]

As actor.

Year Film Status
2014 Acceptance[13] Short Film Released
2014 Anjana Mein Chala Music Video Released
2014 My Son Is Gay[14] Feature Film Left the project
2015 Hearts[15] Feature Film Post Production
2016 Unkahi Unsuni Kahani [16] Music Video Completed
2016 Love Is Feature Film Pre Production
2018 1:11AM Short Film Released
2018 Central Park West Short Film Released

Awards and acclaims

He won Kashish Coffee Break Audience Choice Award at Kashish Mumbai Queer Film Festival, India (for Logging Out)[17] He received his award from the Oscar-winning music composer Resul Pookutty.[18] Impressed with Logging Out actor, Anupam Kher declared a sponsorship of Rs 50,000 for the following year of Kashish.[19] In July 2014, he became the brand ambassador of Moovz, a global social network for LGBT community. Nakshatra is first and only openly Indian LGBT person to be signed up as the brand ambassador by any brand till now.[20][21][22]

References
  1. Saumya Bhatia (7 September 2014). "Meet India's first gay ambassador". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. News18.com (10 September 2015). "India's first gay ambassador, Nakshatra Bagwe, to enter 'Bigg Boss 9'?". News 18. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. Yogesh Pawar (25 November 2012). "Indian LGBT-themed films to be shown in London". Epaper.dnaindia.com. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. Mangala Dilip (23 November 2014). "Baroda's First LGBT Pride Festival: "We Pay Taxes, We do our Duties; Why Don't we have Equal Rights?"". International Business Times.
  5. Heena Khandelwal (27 May 2018). "The power of pink: How LGBTQ community could add to our economy". DNA. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  6. Dharmarajan M (3 February 2014). "College Students In Mumbai Aim To Break New Ground With Bold Ad Campaign On Homosexuality | Gaylaxy Magazine". Gaylaxymag.com. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  7. "Logging Out : A short movie | Gaylaxy Magazine". Gaylaxymag.com. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  8. Book of Love (2012) at the Internet Movie Data Base
  9. Curtains (2012) at the Internet Movie Data Base
  10. "Cutest Xmas Video | Gaylaxy Magazine". Gaylaxymag.com. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  11. "Love? Sex? May be PR!! | Gaylaxy Magazine". Gaylaxymag.com. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  12. When the Circus Came to Town (2015) at the Internet Movie Data Base |- | 2019 | Agal Bagal
  13. Acceptance (2014) at the Internet Movie Data Base
  14. "BRAVEHEARTS | DNA". dnaindia.com. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  15. Hearts (film) (2015) at the Internet Movie Data Base
  16. Unkahi Unsuni Kahani (2016) at the Internet Movie Data Base
  17. "Indian LGBT-themed films to be shown in London – Mumbai – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  18. "Still Logged In | Gaylaxy Magazine". Gaylaxymag.com. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  19. Jyothi Prabhakar (1 June 2012). "Anupam Kher sponsors gay film prize – Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  20. "Nakshatra Bagwe to represent gay social network Moovz as the Brand Ambassador in India". Gaylaxymag.com. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  21. Tania Goklany (7 September 2014). "Here's India's first gay brand ambassador and the app he endorses". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  22. Saumya Bhatia (5 September 2014). "India's first gay ambassador". The Asian Age. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
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