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Nominated for: Best First Feature
Set in rural South India, 14-year-old Vanaja goes to work for the local Landlady in hopes of learning Kuchipudi Dance. Innocent chemistry with the Landlady's son suddenly turns ugly, pitching her into a battle of Caste and Animus from which there is only one escape.