Surya S

The first still-image feature in India, inspired by Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon's 1958 poem. It portrays marginalized lives held in an illegitimate detention centre, using dry leaves and storms as metaphors. An omniscient narrator from an undefined future recalls fragments lost to censorship, inviting others to complete the story. Through static images, memories, and voices, the film reflects on art, poverty, imagination, divinity, and power.

Maayunnu, Maarivarayunnu, Nisvaasangalil... or "Dust Art Redrawn in Respiration" is about s documentary crew arriving to document the life of two couples. In their conversations the couples tries to trivilize the man's 'concerns' and express their views on social life, individual freedom, borderlines in relations, power in relations etc. among other things. As the interaction progresses, a controlling voice, and then a commanding presence which determine how they should be presented and heard are revealed.