Today, when the world is witnessing the US and Israel’s war with Iran, Rana Daggubati’s production Neelira takes us back to another war — the Eelam conflict in Sri Lanka. What drew him to the Tamil release was how it zoomed in to examine the effects of a war on ordinary lives. He shares, “You’ve seen so many films about war, but this one takes a human angle. Today, we’re constantly hearing what world leaders are saying — [Donald] Trump said this, someone else said that — but that’s a high-level view of what’s going on. Every place has people and their everyday life gets affected because of wars.” 

A still from the film. Pic/By Special Arrangement