Akelli

Akelli

In 2014, Jyoti, an Indian woman lands in Mosul to take up a new job as supervisor in a garments factory. She is received at the airport by Raafiq, a Pakistani national, also an employee at the factory. On the way from the airport, she witnesses a little girl who has been strapped to a bomb and is killed when the bomb disposal team is unable to disable the bomb. Earlier, she had gotten fired from her job at an airport in India after an altercation with an unruly passenger. Because of this, she is unable to get a new job. Her family's financial problems force her to take a job in Iraq even though she knows that it’s not safe there and anything can happen. She lies to her family that she has taken a job in much safer Muscat. At the factory, she gets friendly to Raafiq and develops romantic feelings for him. A few weeks later, ISIS forces attack Mosul and also capture the factory. They kill anyone trying to escape or who is not cooperating with them. They segregate the factory staff into 3 groups, men, women and a few who are to be spared. Raafiq is among those spared. The men are taken to an open field and shot dead, while the women are taken to a facility and sold as sex slaves. Jyoti is bought by one of the ISIS fighters, who tries to rape her. However, she pushes him, and he falls, bangs his head on a hard corner and dies. The other ISIS fighters discover this and are astonished. She is given off to Assad, a senior commander, who lives in a palatial house.

Director

Pranay Meshram

Release

Jul 2023

Run time

127 min

Language

Hindi