Mente Mera Mente

Mind Mera Mind es una película india que muestra cómo la comunidad LGBTQ + lidia con problemas de salud mental en la India. Escrita y dirigida por Harsh Agarwal, la película se estrenó en el Día Mundial de la Salud Mental . ^{[ 1 ] [ 2 ]} La película utiliza caricaturas de varios problemas de salud mental y los personifica, mostrando cómo interactúan con Prateek (el protagonista), interpretado por Raghav Sharma. ^{[ 3 ]} Mind Mera Mind se asoció con Grindr para llegar a la comunidad gay y bisexual del país. ^{[ 1 ]} Entre otros trabajos de Agarwal se incluye su libro Nazaqat . ^{[ 4 ]}

• Raghav Sharma (Prateek) ^{[ 3 ]}
• Harshini Misra (Tía Ansiedad) ^{[ 1 ]}
• Karan Sonic (Insomnio)
• Shaurya Shah (La duda)
• Saamir Gupta (Vijay)
• Jagriti Pandey (Soledad)
• Naman Kapoor ( Masculinidad tóxica )
• Gautam Arora (Depresión Bhaiya)
• Pew Banerjee (Terapeuta y asistente de dirección de la película ^{[ 5 ]}

Gaysi publicó sobre la película: «La duda, la tía ansiedad y el hermano depresión son personajes bien desarrollados con personalidades propias. Si bien el tono cómico de la película puede resultar adecuado para quienes se inician en la comprensión de los problemas de salud mental, para un espectador experimentado, puede parecer que se minimiza la seriedad del tema. "Mind Mera Mind" podría ser un poco más matizada, pero es una película entretenida y fundamental para iniciar conversaciones sobre la salud mental de la comunidad LGBTQ+». ^{[ 6 ]}

Nitin Yadav at Jagran also wrote a review of the film and gave mixed reviews, "The special thing about the film is that it brings a wide variety of aspects in such sort time. It also explains that someone going through mental health issues might not be visibly ill. However, if there was more time. all characters could come out better. For example, characters like loneliness that can lead to mental health issues get very less time in the film"^[7] Sonal Verma at News24 wrote, "The large ensemble of actors for a short film doesn’t disappoint and each actor leaves a mark, even if they appear for a single scene. Mind Mera Mind does a great job in delivering the message that it’s important to reach out for help and there is a possibility to get better. The film carries a disclaimer that it’s a representational film and therapy (as shown in the film) might not be the only way to help with mental health, but it could have done a better job to carry that message boldly and still run a risk of showing therapy as a magical process to heal people."^[8]

Navodaya Times wrote, "The characters of the film familiar and maybe that is the reason that the film touches the heart of the audience. The way this film portrays the difficult topic of mental health with such ease, is important and should be appreciated. After repealing of section 377, the gay community still suffers from many problems and this film gives a voice and stage to the people."^[9]

Anwesh Banerjee at Love Matters appreciated the film for the "curious reimagining" but at the same time, criticized the film for the background music, referring to it as a "distracting element".^[10]