Despite classifying them as a third gender, the Indian government did not establish protections and safeguards against ...

Sharma plays Alpha, the leader of a trans community known in India as hijras, who is instrumental in providing a new lease on life to Patel’s character when he’s down and out in “Monkey Man.” ...

Monkey Man is a triumph of a film, one that shows what is possible when you push through regardless of the hardships you might face as actor-turned-director Dev Patel did to bring this to the screen.