Lokesh Kumar

Lokesh Kumar (born 29 June 1989) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is recognised for his Tamil language feature film My Son Is Gay.

Life and career Lokesh Kumar was born on 29 June 1989 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India). He did his schooling in Kalashetra Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Chennai, after which he went to study Mechanical Engineering at S.A. Polytechnic College. After college he worked in the corporate sector for a few years. In 2013, he quit his corporate job and started making independent films. He made few experimental short films and by 2014, he decided to make an independent feature film which dealt with a teenage boy coming out to his mother, the film went through a lot of issues and delayed. By 2016, the film was fully completed with the help of an NRI producer Anil Saxena. His film My Son Is Gay is the first Tamil feature film on gay relationship in the 100 years of Tamil Cinema existence. The film was screened in several international film festivals and earned him many awards.

Filmography

Year Title Notes 2013 You're My Brother Short film 2013 Wait a Minute Short film 2013 Judgement Short film 2014 Acid Short film 2015 Darkness Short film 2017 My Son Is Gay Winner—Best Film, Indian World Film FestivalWinner—Best Of Out & Loud, Pune International Queer Film FestivalWinner—Best Debut Director, Dada Saheb Phalke Film FestivalWinner—Best Film, Jury Award, Jaffna International Cinema Festival 2023 N4 Feature Film 2024 The Last One (film) Feature Film (In Pre-production)