What it’s like to be an androgynous model in India? Amit Bittoo Dey tells Brut.
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00:00Sometimes I look like this and sometimes I look like this
00:03In India, if you want to explain something to someone, this is exactly the format of Ardha Narasimha
00:22We know that there is a form of Shiva and Parvati
00:27So if you look at it according to that, then this is the format of Shakti and Grace
00:40I was inspired by that
00:41When my sisters used to do shows, cultural events, I learned by observing them
00:47How they used to dance, I used to sit in their rehearsals
00:50How they used to do their makeup
00:52I always wanted to be like Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi or Rani Mukherjee
00:57My biggest inspiration was Rani Mukherjee
01:00I always wanted to be like Rani Mukherjee
01:06I am a college dropout
01:07I didn't pass my last exam of my second year because I didn't like it
01:13I was forced to join an account
01:22That's where my journey started
01:38I bought a camera, my first camera was around Rs. 65,000
01:43I took admission in National Academy of Photography
01:53By chance, a model told me that she wasn't going to do a photoshoot
01:58So I said, let me try it myself
02:01So I tried it myself
02:06It was on a bisexual love story
02:08It was on a bisexual love story
02:18I started getting photos in my papers
02:20I became a page 3 person in Kolkata
02:22So people from my flat used to come and congratulate my mom
02:26That's how I started doing it
02:28I started getting photos in my papers
02:35If you don't get photos in your papers, why do you do it?
02:37Be a man
02:38I am comfortable in it now
02:40I like it
02:41It's my identity
02:47After 50 years, I won't be able to wear a short skirt
02:50It will look a bit odd
02:51I don't know how society will be
02:53I don't know how my mentality will be
02:55I want to look good or bad
02:58I want to be able to carry myself or not
03:01That's when I decided to become a filmmaker
03:04All the experiences I am gathering will help me