Funny Boy

Funny Boy is a 2020 drama film directed by Deepa Mehta, adapting Shyam Selvadurai's 1994 novel of the same name. The film centres on the coming of age of Arjie Chelvaratnam, a young Tamil boy in Sri Lanka navigating issues of sexuality, identity, and family against the backdrop of the increased tensions between Tamil and Sinhalese people before the breakout of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The film stars Arush Nand as Arjie in childhood and Brandon Ingram as Arjie in his teenage years, alongside Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, and others.