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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Positive<br />
| image = Positive short film.jpg<br />
| caption = Movie poster for ''Positive''.<br />
| writer = [[Rajesh Devraj]]<br />
| starring = {{Plainlist|<br />
* [[Shabana Azmi]]<br />
* [[Boman Irani]]<br />
* [[Arjun Mathur]]<br />
}}<br />
| director = [[Farhan Akhtar]]<br />
| producer = [[Ritesh Sidhwani]]<br>[[Farhan Akhtar]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Hemant Chaturvedi]]<br />
| music = [[Ram Sampath]]<br />
| editing = Amitabh Shukla<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|09|08|Toronto}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| runtime = 17 minutes<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Positive''''' is a 2007 [[Hindi]] [[short film]] directed by [[Farhan Akhtar]] and produced by [[Farhan Akhtar]] and [[Ritesh Sidhwani]] under their [[Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.]] banner. The film starred [[Shabana Azmi]] and [[Boman Irani]] in leads roles.<ref name="sify.com">[http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14544830 Farhan Akhtar's Positive outlook on HIV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220150714/http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14544830 |date=20 February 2009 }} ''[[Sify]]'', News, 18 October 2007.</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
''Positive'' was a part of ''AIDS JaaGo'' (''AIDS Awake''), a series of four short films, directed by Mira Nair (''Migration''), [[Santosh Sivan]] (''[[Prarambha]]''), [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] (''[[Blood Brothers (short film)|Blood Brothers]]'') and [[Farhan Akhtar]], in a joint initiative of [[Mira Nair]]'s [[Mirabai Films]], voluntary organisations Avahan and [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jan/22mira.htm Mira Nair, Farhan Akhtar to make films on AIDS] ''[[Rediff.com]]'', Movies', 22 January 2007.</ref> The film stars [[Boman Irani]], [[Shabana Azmi]] and a debutant actor, Arjun Mathur.<ref name="sify.com"/><br />
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[[Boman Irani]] plays an [[AIDS]] patient, [[Shabana Azmi]] as his wife and [[Arjun Mathur]] as their son.<br />
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The movie premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in 2007.<ref>[http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/filmdetails.aspx?id=705171555401386 MIRA NAIR PRESENTS: Four Views on AIDS in India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201175202/http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/filmdetails.aspx?id=705171555401386 |date=1 February 2009 }}, [[Toronto International Film Festival]].</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Years ago, when Abhijit was a boy, he learned his father was involved in extramarital relationships. He kept it secret for several years, until tension rose too high and he left for [[Cape Town]].<br />
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Time passes and Abhijit is called by his mother. His father had contracted the [[AIDS]] virus. It was up to Abhijit to be the bigger person to comfort his father, even after all he had done, in his last moments of life.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Shabana Azmi]] - Mrs. Soni<br />
* [[Boman Irani]] - Mr. Soni<br />
* [[Arjun Mathur]] - Abhijit Soni<br />
* Krish Chawla - Young Abhijit Soni<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evsjTDgPeAU Watch "Positive"] on YouTube<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=1119195|title=Positive}}<br />
* [http://bolllywood.blogspot.com/2007/10/farhan-akhtar-talks-about-positive.html Farhan Akhtar Talks of ''Positive'']<br />
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[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2007 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian short films]]<br />
[[Category:HIV/AIDS in Indian films]]<br />
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