A woman from a town in Kerala gets married to a hoodlum who promises her a good life. However, the situation turns awry when her husband dies and she goes abroad to make a living.
Acting
Kavya Madhavan's silent suffering speaks volumes.
Direction
Kamal lets horror unfold in mundanity.

Director
Kamal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real cases of Indian women trapped in Gulf countries as domestic workers, often with confiscated passports.
The title 'Khaddama' refers to female domestic workers in Arabic—Kamal deliberately reclaimed this often-slur as humanizing.