Vaazhai

Synopsis

Twelve year old Sivanaindhan lives alongside his mother, sister and friend in a village of wage earners who work at plantain plantations, and hopelessly seeks to live the merry life of a flitting butterfly.

Between constant hunger and trying to stop his mother's tears, he spends his school holidays by lugging plantains instead of playing. Into his parched life, a school teacher descends like a gentle drizzle and drenches him with her love. All of a sudden, his dreams are shattered and time pursues him relentlessly. With a wicked grin, merciless fate ends up at his doorstep. In Sivanaindhan's life, the plantain is a green hued monster that regrows at every hack. It is a tree that bears its fruits out of the reach of the hungry.