the film is about their work homes difficulties childhood relationships hobbies and more paulli who was somnath is a 21yearold sex worker and hails from a village in jainagar south 24 parganas west bengal rar is not just a story of the dark and difficult life of a transgender but also depicts their beautiful journey replete with captivating psychedelic colours while showcasing many interviews with the common man psychologists and activists alongside reallife incidents of bigotry the film forces one to ponder over how such flamboyant and benign individuals can be denied basic human rights in the worlds largest democracy anu who was ajay is a 23yearold artist and dancer from garia and among the most compassionate people sharma said hes met her motherly instincts and command over any situation left me in awe the perception of transgenders will change as their reality slowly unfurls said sharma he began to research into the gay community and in particular the troubles faced by the sizeable third gender community back in december 2008 sharma had a chance meeting with a transgender individual in new delhi who opened up to him over a conversation gurgaon tracy who was saikat sardar is 22 and works at a call centre i was confused how people living in the 21st century can be so narrowminded he said through this film many stereotypes will be broken and barriers shattered on the fringes of society and often exploited as sex workers the plight of transgenders is highlighted in rainbows are real rar a film that will be screened at epicentre on tuesday her lack of belief in things changing but hoping she would be free from prostitution someday provides another dimension to the film directed by ritesh sharma the banglaenglishhindi shot mostly in kolkata and delhi revolves around the lives of three individuals named anu tracy and paulli sharma was also shocked to note the anger and disgust among people after the delhi high court decriminalised homosexuality by declaring section 377 of the ipc unconstitutional in july 2009 all three look at life differently as they approach situations differently facing many hardships said sharma who spent 89 months with the transgender community without the camera to establish personal ties also from garia tracys willingness to learn artistic talent and her undying hope that things would change for the community qualified her as another protagonist