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Episode 134: Agam Darshi Returns
When Agam Darshi visited the YVR Screen Scene Podcast in 2019, she was preparing to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: to Sri Lanka, to film a pivotal role in famed director Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy. Funny Boy is an adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s 1994 novel about Arjun, a young Tamil boy from a wealthy family navigating hate against two key aspects of his identity: his sexuality and his ethnicity. Agam is Radha Auntie, the lone voice who encourages Arjun to be himself, to be precocious, to be the Grand Diva, to cherish those parts of him that make him different and special. The film has…
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