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Processing, Unlearning, Hope. Three notes written to myself in June 2026, two months before releasing Samam, when I was really hurting.
An old pep talk to myself about believing you could be an artist, written years before there was a film to show for it.
60 films I consciously looked to while piecing Samam together — deep influences.
The full cast and crew who brought Samam to life.
An old essay revisited while deciding how to release our film.
ARASI, an emerging Carnatic singer. AZHAGHU, a freelance software engineer. Their six-year-old daughter, BHOOMI.
On a post-pandemic day under curfew, Arasi prepares for her long-awaited concert. Azhaghu faces an important job interview. Bhoomi has an online school event.
Azhaghu calls his parents, THILLAI and MOHANA for support.
The family's everyday life unfolds the poetic irony of a perpetual mindset, utterly convinced of its own hierarchy, then turns around and calls it EQUAL.
