Ved Nair

Karuppaswamy, a widowed night watchman, lives with his sister and three nephews, Veera, Muni and Murugun in a small town in Tamil Nadu. While returning from his shift one morning, he breaks his hip in an accident. While his nephews want him to be treated in town, his son Senthil takes him to his ancestral village, to be healed by a tradiitional healer. After a few days, Kuruppaswamy dies. At his funeral, Veea hears something that makes his blood run cold. How did Kuruppaswamy die?

A recently widowed forest ranger in India strikes up an unlikely relationship with a woman he finds lost and alone in the woods.

Sultana, a small town prostitute and her pimp Khudabaksh migrate to the metropolis, bringing with them their dreams and meagre belongings. Sultana goes about her bright and artful seductions but somehow misses her targets. Her business collapses. Desperately, Khudabaksh too tries his hand at many jobs but is unsuccessful. Sultana's loneliness and despair get objectified in her desire for a 'salwaar' that she needs to complete her black ensemble for the observance of mourning for Moharram.