Oru Panchali Vasthralankaram Short Film

Released as a Women's Day special and with a running time of 8 minutes, "Oru Paanchaali Vasthraalankaaram" / "A Queen on Stake" is a short-movie that belongs to satirical fantasy or magical realism genre. As the name depicts, it has a narrative thread inspired from some mythological themes like Quran, Bible and Mahabharatha (but not a re-make of any such sort, rather blended in for justification) and still can be related with the existing state of affairs.

Having dealt with a sensitive and contradictory subject, the film brings to light and gently untangles the problem of women getting/being scandalized in our society due to the modernized or constantly changing and adapted custom of wearing the so-called ‘disrespectful’ and ‘immodest’ outfit(s) in public. The film communicates that women should not completely ignore the possibilities of pitfalls involved in wearing such outfit(s) in an untrustworthy society and accordingly enlighten them to " Enjoy freedom without being careless".


Starring : Sriya Surendran, Prijin Jayaprakash, Prijil CoolMist, Rahul Regunath, Richard, Nivin and Sajan

Produced By: CoolMist Creations & Green Bethel Productions
Direction : Prijil CoolMist
Story & Screenplay : Nibin Mathew
Music : Aby Sam
Editing : Bibin Paul Samuel

Language : Malayalam (with Subtitles)
Genre : Magical Realism | Satirical Fantasy