Sanal Kumar Sasidharan

SEXY DURGA

India, 2016, 85’

SEXY DURGA
Anxious Durga and her friend, Kabeer are running away from their village at midnight. On the same night there is a huge festival happening at the village temple where Goddess Durga is being worshipped. Devotees are offering their body and mind to please their Goddess. At the same time the woman, Durga, faces complete darkness of the night on the highway. Some drivers offer help to Durga and Kabeer to reach the railway station. Their journey filled with darkness and agony is mystical. Devi Durga is the Goddess of power but what about the woman Durga who is in the midst of darkness?

Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
After completing studies in Zoology and Law, Sanal Kumar Sasidharan (1977, India) started work as a lawyer. As a film fanatic, he used his network to found Kazhcha Film Forum, a crowdfunding platform for the production of independent films. This provided a financial basis to make his own films. Kumar Sasidharan’s short and feature films have received many awards in international film festivals. He won the Best Director Award in the Kerala State Film Awards 2014 for his debut feature film SIX FEET HIGH, which also received the FIPRESCI and NETPAC awards in the IFFK 2014. His film SEXY DURGA won the Hivos Tiger Award in IFFR 2017.