My honor thesis in Cinema started with exploring and analyzing queer representation in Indian Cinema - and became focused on the "queer trilogy" of Bengali films made (as a direct or indirect auteur) and starred in by the Bengali Indian filmmaker and cultural icon Rituparno Ghosh. I analyze the representation of queer/trans characters. lives and issues in these films - how they are constructed, who they represent and how "authentically." I look at the films and how they are both "allowed" and influenced by the socio-political context of the LGBT movement in India at the time as well as how they in turn affected how queer/trans people were seen in Bengal. In doing so, I guage the impact of these films and how we can use storytelling as trans filmmakers to tell trans stories in India today.