UK Malaysian Film Festival 2025 - 5th Film Screening

Chemman Chaalai/The Gravel Road (2005)
Director: Deepak Kumaran Menon

Synopsis

Set in the late 1960s, the film is about Shantha, an impoverished Malaysian Tamil girl, and her family. They all live together on a family estate, in an area where higher education for women is almost impossible. Shantha, a girl of many aspirations, wants to leave the estate and further her studies, however the financial hardships that will result make her dreams nearly impossible to achieve.

Supported by Da Huang Pictures