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Three siblings and their dog navigate a turbulent childhood with an abusive father and absent mother, finding solace in each other until their loving grandparents offer a potential lifeline.

Naangal traces the journey of 3 siblings and their dog, finding joy and happiness in growing up alone, making peace with a tyrant of a father and an absent mother. Hope arrives in the form of their maternal grandparents, but will it be too good to be true?—Micheal

Naangal, is a story of 3 siblings, nonidentical twins of 8 and their elder brother, who is 12 years old, forced to grow up with their strict and unreasonably proud & arrogant father who is going through a major financial and personal crisis. He's separated from his wife of 15 years. A bad separation. The kids are kept away from their mother, for most part, out of sheer force and intimidation.

The kids live in a 6000 square feet bungalow, but cannot afford water, electricity or a decent meal. The father's frustration with failure of his business ventures and all efforts to stay afloat, makes him feel inferior and creates a huge void. The inability to take control over his financial situation, his personal and his professional situations - forces him to shift from being a considerate father, into an unreasonably militant one. His obsessions on trying to control his life fails; shifting his attention and obsessions on controlling his 3 children; who know, no other way but to obey him; no questions asked.

Shuttling between a hopeful life with their maternal grand parents, and tip toeing with a tyrant of a father, Naangal traces the journey of 3 siblings, finding joy & happiness in growing up alone, making peace with a father, who is bent on showing his kids that, his is the only true and Nobel way to life.

Learning the hard way to finding joy in small things.

Setting out to explore the simplicity of growing up in the 90's, in a broken, dysfunctional family, where as kids, money meant candies. Learning to pull through difficult times and cherish the small joys of life, without necessarily choosing one as opposed to the other; "Naangal", is me reliving an integral part of my childhood, which has taken a lot away from me & my family, but somehow has given me everything that I cherish today. I remember the beautiful sun rises, the mist wrapped mountains, the mystical forests, the cold that cuts across the skin, I remember the comic books, I remember the long bouts of doing nothing, no electricity, no water and no food; yet I remember the joy in being idle, I remember the times when we only had our imagination and nothing else, I remember the beauty of watching movies and feeling happy and hopeful; I also remember the bouts of fear, the anxiety and feeling absolutely no joy. I've tried to make this film as close to my memory as possible. I am giving you a piece of my heart; whatever you end up feeling after watching the film, is a part of me that you will be taking with you, hopefully forever.

Welcome to "Naangal".