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This is the story of a weapon. One that has made its way from the hands of a defender to those of a dancer. An age-old tradition that has changed with time to become what it is today. A martial art that has traveled across Asia. Aishwarya Manivannan walks us through her journey with what is considered to be a masculine sport, Silambam. She speaks of a journey of strength. Of discovery. Of spirit. The journey of a 3000-year-old martial art. The pride of Tamil Nadu.

The music is inspired by lines from the Thirukkural that speak for the power in a woman’s glance

கூற்றமோ! கண்ணோ! பிணையோ!
மடவரல் நோக்கம் இம் மூன்றும் உடைத்து.
(Death? Eyes? Or a doe? Her simple sight has the spirit of all three.)
~ Kural 1085

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Credits:
Created by Bharatbala
Director: Usha Rajeswari
Cinematographer: Amal Sudhakaran
Soundtrack: Ashish Zachariah
Vocals: Resmi Sateesh
Editor: Christy Sebastian
Colorist: Abhijeet Deolekar
Assistant Director: Aarti, Sashank Ashok
Camera Assistant: Yash Khaire
Production Assistant: Prakash Bamne
Kazoo - Shaashwat Pande
Sound Design/Mix - Sumanth Shetty
Additional Programming - Abhijit Sood
Post Production Studio: Open Mind
Production House: Bharatbala Pictures

Produced by Studio Virtual Bharat

For Studio Virtual Bharat:
Studio Lead:
Mrinalini Mitra
Studio Operations:
Lynette D’mello
Studio Team:
Varsha Ramachandran
Vineet Mehta
Sayan Debnath
Shruti Mishra
Akshay Parvatkar
Shrikkanth Govindarajan
Yash Khaire
Prakash Bamne
Pawan Dhankhar
Kannan Rajaram
Hariharan
Krishnakumari
A Murugesan
Ghanshyam Patil

Project Virtual Bharat:
Hari Krishnan
Jawahar Sharma
Abhijeet Deolekar

Special thanks:
Aishwarya Manivannan
Power Pandian Aasan
Maadakulam Ravi Aasan
Sadanand Menon

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