Malar is trapped in a conservative household and has to grapple with the suffocating demands of tradition. She is ready to buy a one way ticket out of it by getting arranged married to a US resident. Yet there’s a catch. She must pass the invasive “two-finger” virginity test first. With less than 24 hours to go, Malar’s virginity becomes a point of negotiation as Malar and her younger sister Minnal, embark on a darkly comedic quest to “re-virginize” Malar, exposing themselves to predatory men, corrupt systems, and the absurd lengths society goes to in order to control women’s bodies.
Priyanka Krishnan is a lesbian, fat positive South Asian writer-director and tech entrepreneur from Chennai, India, now based in New York City. With a background in Business and Computer Science from USC, she spent a decade leading innovation at companies like Hulu, DreamWorks Animation, and Francis Ford Coppola Wineries—pioneering DEI initiatives in storytelling and advocating for LGBTQ+ and WOC leadership in media. Now an MFA Directing candidate at Columbia University, Priyanka’s films explore body and gender politics through dark humor and surrealism. Through her work, Priyanka challenges beauty standards in heteronormative spaces and aims to reclaim space for people of color and of all bodies on screen.
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature, documentary and
short films made from, of, and about the Indian subcontinent in the Independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres.
