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Riyad Vinci Wadia

Born into the pioneering Wadia Movietone family in India, Riyad Vinci Wadia was an independent filmmaker based in Bombay. He is remembered as a fearless and spirited individual; he was out as a gay man in the early 1990s when this identity could have put him at legal risk. Wadia passed away in 2003, but his influence is felt on the LGBTQ+ movement in India to date.