Gulikan, born and brought up as a boy in a tribal settlement, has the body and soul of a girl. Dark skinned, fragile, introvert and vulnerable, he struggles to balance his life working as a coolie in the city. Displaced by drought, poverty and addiction, humiliated and abused in a racist society, his tribe is on the run. Udalaazham, the story of a tribal transgender, discusses how color of the skin, not the depth of one’s heart is an approved identity in a ruthless and cold blooded society.

Body Deep

Karinji

Five female transgender friends in Kerala, Rosa, Janaki, Nandhana, Uma, and Benila, with different sexual orientations, upholds their identities, assert ownership of bodies, challenge societal, familial restrictions and expectations.