Nakshatra Bagwe


Nakshatra Bagwe is an Indian actor and filmmaker.

Early life and career

Nakshatra studied and is an alumnus of G.S. college, Birla College, N.G. Acharya, Kirti College. He graduated from the Mumbai University in mass media with a specialization in advertising. He pursued a post-graduation diploma in advertising from EMDI Institute of Media & Communication, Mumbai. He started making films on a low budget. Nakshatra will be making his international film debut as the lead actor of Hearts. His films Logging Out, Book of Love, Curtains, PR and When the Circus Came to Town represent current LGBT scenario of India. He is a LGBT rights activist and was also a part of the organizing team of Gujarat's first ever pride march. He also spearheaded Gujarat's third and Baroda's first LGBT pride march. He won KASHISH – Mumbai International Queer Film Festival in 2012 for his debut film Logging Out. It was screened at prestigious venues like Queens Museum of Arts, The Old Cinema and it was also a part of Queer India European tour 2012 to raise awareness about LGBT issues in the Indian context. Nakshatra owns a travel company named 'The BackPack Travels' which exclusively caters to gay and bisexual men.

Personal life

Nakshatra hails from Konkan coastal region. Masure, Malvan is his native village. He takes part in homosexuality awareness projects. Nakshatra and his mother, Swati Bagwe attend LGBT pride marches in various cities. They both were featured in a promo of popular Indian television show Satyamev Jayte. He came out to society when he participated in Asia's first LGBT flashmob. He also participated in second queer flashmob which happened at Dadar station, Mumbai. Nakshatra posed nude for a campaign named 'Breaking Closets'. In early 2016, On his Facebook page, Nakshatra revealed that his mother is suffering from breast cancer and to be with her throughout her treatment, he has left the Indian film 'My Son Is Gay' in between. Nakshatra's mother passed away on 5 April 2017.

Filmography

As actor, director, editor and script writer.
YearFilm
2012Logging Out
2012Book of Love
2012Curtains
2012Xmas Story
2013PR
2015When the Circus Came to Town

As actor.
YearFilmStatus
2014AcceptanceShort FilmReleased
2014Anjana Mein ChalaMusic VideoReleased
2014My Son Is GayFeature FilmLeft the project
2015HeartsFeature FilmPost Production
2016Unkahi Unsuni KahaniMusic VideoCompleted
2016Love IsFeature FilmPre Production
20181:11AMShort FilmReleased
2018Central Park WestShort FilmReleased

Awards and acclaims

He won Kashish Coffee Break Audience Choice Award at Kashish Mumbai Queer Film Festival, India He received his award from the Oscar-winning music composer Resul Pookutty. Impressed with Logging Out actor, Anupam Kher declared a sponsorship of Rs 50,000 for the following year of Kashish. In July 2014, he became the brand ambassador of Moovz, a global social network for LGBT community. Nakshatra is first and only openly Indian LGBT person to be signed up as the brand ambassador by any brand till now.