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Flowers Bloom When Touched | Thottal Poo Malarum


Priyanka Krishnan | India | 2026 | 17 mins. | Tamil | Asia Premiere | Filmmaker attending

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When a bride-to-be must prove her “purity” for her impending arranged marriage, she attempts the impossible: restoring her virginity by any means possible.

Priyanka Krishnan

Priyanka Krishnan

Priyanka Krishnan is an NYC-based Indian filmmaker and Columbia University MFA graduate exploring body and gender politics through dark humor and surrealism. Co-founder of Andarated Productions, her short O’Sey Balamma premiered at Sundance 2026, while Thottal Poo Malarum screened at Fantasia. She received the Jack Larson Collaboration Grant for Butter.

Producer: Raman Nimmala
Writer: Priyanka Krishnan
Cinematographer: Nikhil Arolkar
Editor: Pierre Ieong
Sound: Sethu Venugopal & Diksha Mishra
Music: Aashray Harishankar
Cast: Samyuktha Viola Viswanathan, Ponni Suresh, Vatsan M Natarajan

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