Biriyaani

Biriyaani is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Sajin Baabu. It features Kani Kusruti and Shailaja Jala in the lead roles. The film won NETPAC award for best film in 20th Asiatica Film Festival in Rome, Jury prize for Best Film at Banglore International Film Festival, best film at the Caleidoscope Indian Film festival, Boston etc. Actress Kani Kusruti won the best actress at the BRICS competition section of the 42nd Moscow Film Festival, best actress at the Caleidoscope Indian Film festival, second-best actress award at the Imagine Film Festival in Madrid, Spain, and the 2019 Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress at Kerala State Film Awards for her performance in this film. Plot The film starts with Khadeeja having emotionless sex with her husband and then he gets to his daily chores the moment he is satisfied, an implication of the tag line of the film where women are treated as a piece of flesh without giving any considerations to their emotions. Later she starts masturbating which she enjoys, to which her husband is annoyed and laments that her clitoris was not properly circumcised, again implying that women are forbidden from enjoying sex as per tenets of Islam. Khadeeja has poor relations with her in-laws and her mother has lost sanity because of frequent anxiety attacks in her past when her husband would leave her alone when he had to go on long fishing trips. Khadeeja is educated only till high school, however her brother is well educated and had recently visited from Gulf after a short stint as an engineer. Khadeeja's mother suffers an anxiety attack when her son leaves her alone without providing any details. Khadeeja calms her down by telling her that they would host a feast for the village to commemorate her father's death anniversary.