MUMBAI: Sanjay Suri and Onir‘s I Am will open the London Asian Film Festival that is scheduled to go underway on 18 March.

The film is a tale of four stories woven together that takes audiences through issues and dilemmas that bruise the modern Indian society. The film unfolds many a tale of individuals struggling to find their identity and uphold their dignity in a world that is callous, cold and unsympathetic.

The film was bestowed the David Flint Honorary Award for promoting human rights; it was also awarded the Best in Asian Cinema (NETPAC) at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2010. It went on to win the Audience Choice Award, Best Film, River To River Film Festival at Florence last year and was the opening film at the IVIEW Engendered Film Festival in New York in September last.

Touching on subjects like sperm donation, child sexual abuse and homosexuality, the film stars Nandita Das, Purab Kohli, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Suri , Rahul Bose and Arjun Mathur. It also marks the full-fledged debut of directors Anurag Kashyap and Anurag Basu.

The film is set to release on 22 April.