Malayalam short film ‘Sootradhaarini’ which pivots women heads to the Atlanta Indian Film Festival

The Malayalam short film Sootradhaarini is the kind that would resonate with women. Especially those who like saris, the ones with stories, “saris which have something stitched to them: memories, tears, joy…”, says Vijaya S Nambiar, the director-writer of the short film, which has been selected for the Atlanta Indian Film Festival, which kicks off on October 2.

Vijaya, an engineer, says the short film, uploaded to YouTube on March 8 (International Women’s Day), is a dream come true. “I did not want to make a long-format film; I wanted to make films where stories are told in a short span of time,” says Vijaya, who hails from Thrissur but has been living in Kochi since 2002. She had written a handful of stories, a friend who works in the film industry read some and suggested she could give film making a shot.