Survivors of ISIS captivity face a war at home — from their own neighbors.
Fida and Suhara, are from Lakshadweep who go to Iraq for work and being imprisoned by the IS. They return to Lakshadweep but the story does not end there. Society treats them cruelly when the people come to know that the women had been sexually exploited.
Acting
Srindaa's silence speaks louder than any dialogue.
Cinematography
Lakshadweep's beauty weaponized against its women.
Direction
Pampally refuses easy redemption narratives.
Director
Sandeep Pampally
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sinjar is the first Malayalam film set in Lakshadweep, spotlighting a matrilineal Muslim community rarely seen on screen.
The title refers to the 2014 Yazidi genocide location, but the film deliberately stays in the aftermath — the violence you don't see is the point.
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