Farhana

Farhana

Farhana is a middle-class homemaker in Chennai living with her father Ajeez, her husband Kareem, and their three children. The family is always short of money because the small shoe shop run by Ajeez and Kareem does not do enough business to support them. To earn an additional income, Farhana gets a job in a bank's call centre. When her youngest child Nabha is hospitalised, Farhana needs money for the additional expenses. She notices that her friend and colleague Nithya receives many incentives after switching to another department in the call centre. Farhana requests Nithya to shift her to the same department, which happens to be a "friendship" chat line where women employees engage in conversations with male callers. The sexually explicit nature of these conversations shocks and disgusts Farhana who considers quitting her job, but continues due to financial pressures. One day, an anonymous caller speaks with her nicely. She is surprised and reciprocates his energy and responds in the same way. Then, then converse almost daily. Later, he tells her that his name is 'Dhayalan'. Farhana fells attracted to him. However, one day, he stops calling her, leaving her confused. When Dhayalan starts calling Farhana again, she confesses her feelings to him. He asks to meet her the next day, but Farhana refuses because the day is Eid. She agrees to meet him later while ignoring company protocol to not meet with clients.

Director

Nelson Venkatesan

Release

12 May 2023

Language

Tamil