Holy Matrimony by Nirmala Nair

Placing together the aspirations of two young unmarried women and the notions they are expected to fit into, it portrays the contradiction between ‘who I am’ and the ‘ideal’ they are expected to become in order to get married.

Gwalior, India

Nirmala Nair graduated from the National Institute of Design with a specialisation in Film and Video Communication Design. She then joined Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights where she worked as an associated director on India Untouched: Stories of a People Apart, which she later edited.

  • Cinematographers: Pooja Sharma, Sachin Singh
  • Location Sound Recordist: Vishwajeet
  • Editor: Arunima Shankar
  • Sound Designers: Pramod Srinivasan, Mark Fulgado
  • Project Partner: Doordarshan

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