About Us

Set during the COVID-19 lockdown, Maalai Nera Mallipoo follows Lakshmi, a sex worker navigating isolation  as her livelihood collapses and her world narrows. Her life revolves around her young son, Karna—the one  relationship she fiercely protects. As the pandemic forces her to shift her work into the digital world, the  fragile balance she has built between motherhood and survival begins to fracture.  

Told with restraint and empathy, the film observes Lakshmi’s days through silences, routines, and small  moments of fear and tenderness. Without spectacle or judgement, it becomes an intimate portrait of dignity,  resilience, and sacrifice—seen through the eyes of a mother who refuses to let her child be consumed by her  reality.