Manimekalai
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How it feels
A woman named Manimekalai faces the aftermath of a personal tragedy. She encounters various spiritual figures and makes a significant decision about her life.
slow-burnmelancholicvisually lushclassicalepictragicsomberdevotional
What happens
Manimekalai (also known as Balasanyasini) is a 1940 Indian Tamil-language film directed and photographed by Bomman Irani. It is based on the epic of the same name by Chithalai Chathanar. The film stars K. B. Sundarambal as the title character. It was released on 23 November 1940, and failed commercially. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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