The Forest

Directed by Suneesh Vadakkumbadan

Kaadu is a symbolic Malayalam film that reminds us of the inseparable bond between land and human beings. Set against the backdrop of Kerala, it deeply explores the reality of displacement faced by indigenous communities worldwide in the name of mining. The story follows Chaman, a seventy-year-old tribal healer and elder who shares a profound spiritual connection with the forest and its living beings, and his grandson Thaman, whose worldview is shaped by his grandfather's philosophy.