10 Kani Kusruti films you need to watch right now
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Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
This is a coming-of-age drama that keeps the mother-daughter relationship at the centre as the adolescent navigates relationships amidst teenage pressures
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Biriyaani
Chronicles the life of a Muslim woman, Khadeeja, who faces religious and patriarchial obstructions to live according to her will. The climax will surprise you.
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Kirkkan (2023)
A girl is found hanging from a tree in a hilly area with a suicide note. What seems like suicide turns out to be far more twisted, as the investigation furthers
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Maa
Maa captures a mother`s unexpected encounter with the news of her 15-year-old daughter`s pregnancy and how she becomes a confidant for her daughter, Ammu.
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Counterfeit Kunkoo
The film captures the struggle of Smitha as she tries to find a home for herself in the never-stopping city of Mumbai while fighting with beasts of various kind
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The Notion
Former NSG Commander and Mumbai Terror Attack survivor commits suicide after nine years and the media blames his wife, Padma Iyer, an award-winning author.
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Vichitram
Mysterious events happen after Jasmine moves to her ancestral house with her five sons. The film places relationship fallacies with an element of slight horror.
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1956, Central Travancore (2019)
This period drama film, set in 1956, before the Kerala land reforms, showcases the journey of two brothers to the uninhabited land of Travancore to earn money.
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Mura (2024)
Four middle-class friends plan a heist to break a vault full of black money. But, their mission doesn`t go as planned as they face dangerous challenges.
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Pada (2022)
A revolt of the `90s, led by four men, barged into the collector`s office to revolt against the new bill that denies indigenous people their due rights.
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10 romantic tracks composed by AR Rahman