Indu Lakshmi’s Appuram (The Other Side) is a tender yet unflinching portrayal of familial bonds tested by psychological fragility and societal oppression. Selected for the International Competition ...

Malayalam filmmaker Indu Lakshmi; posters of her films Appuram (right, top) and Nila. For Lakshmi, making Appuram was “cathartic; a very special experience”. “I don’t know if in another movie I’ll ...

Appuram, which centres on a teenage girl growing up with a mother battling psychological distress and a family bound by rigid traditions, won Indu the FFSI K R Mohanan Award for Best Debut Director ...