Zahir 2014

Directed by Sidhartha Siva

Little Pratheesh has been seeing a classmate, Ashalatha, for years but cannot confess his affection due to his shyness. One day he hears news that she was raped and murdered. He breaks down from shock and is unable to sleep alone in the darkness. He drops out of school to stay at home. With help from his elder brother, he manages to get a job at a textile shop where he finds a mannequin and believes it is Ashalatha resurrected. He now has to be brave enough to protect her from this dangerous world.