Deepa

A retelling of Mahabharata through the perspectives of KARNA and DURYODHANA. The film uses dialogue and poetry written in Classical Telugu/ Grandhika Basha.

Following ancient customs, a 10 year old girl is banished to a basic hut outside the village for menstruating. There she goes through a trauma of isolation, pain and feels ostracized. The story depicts how these ancient menstrual myths still haunt Indian women, and the stigma of menstruation is hard to overcome in this 21st century.

A former criminal doctor and his wife seek a tranquil life, but has to face a psychopathic police inspector hellbent on vengeance jeopardizes their relationship and to kill doctor just because he bumped into him accidentally.