Funny Boy is a movie directed by Deepa Mehta in 2020 and based on the book of the same name by Shyam Selvadurai, first published in 1994. The movie features Agam Darshi, Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Rehan Mudannayake, Shivantha Wijesinha, Seema Biswas, and others.
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Storyline
Explores Arjie’s sexual awakening from a young boy to a teenager who falls in love with a male classmate, just as political tensions escalate between the Sinhalese and Tamils in the years leading up to the 1983 uprisings.
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Movie vs Book
Year
2020
Minutes
109
Movie Rate
5.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1994
Pages
320
Book Rate
7.96
S: Goodreads
Book
Funny Boy
Author: Shyam Selvadurai
Country: Sri Lanka
First published in: 1994
Length: 320 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“Movies are not the book. Movies are not even the screenplay. They are the movie.”
BRUCE JOEL RUBIN (Screenwriter)
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