Sexy Durga (Changed into S Durga for Indian release) is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language indie drama film directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan. The film is about the religious divide in the society of Kerala and its effect on marriage between two people from two different religious backgrounds.

It has won the Hivos Tiger Award at the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the Golden Apricot at Armenia’s Yerevan International Film Festival in the category International Feature Competition, 2017. It is the only Indian film to win that title.[5] It has also won the Best International Feature Film award at the Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico.

Durga, a north Indian migrant and a Keralite youth named Kabeer are running away on a midnight. They are waiting for a transport to the nearest railway station to catch a train to a distant place. Two small time gangsters, transporting arms, offer assistance to the couple. The hapless “Durga” encounters a cross section of the society through the rest of the night. Parallel to the journey of Durga, another mysterious event intercuts in the film. In a Kerala village, devotees perform ‘Garudan Thookkam, a ritual art form submitted as a reward for the problems solved in the abode of Goddess Kali, who represents Goddess Durga’s personified wrath & embodied fury.

CAST

• Rajshri Deshpande as Durga
• Kannan Nayar as Kabeer
• Vedh as Stranger
• Sujeesh KS as Stranger
• Arunsol as Stranger
• Bilas Nair as Stranger
• Baiju Netto as Sub Inspector
• Sujith Koyikkal as Policeman

CREW

• Directed by   Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
• Produced by  Aruna Mathew, Shaji Mathew
• Screenplay by   No screenplay
• Music by   Basil C J
• Cinematography   Prathap Joseph
• Edited by     Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
• Sound Design   Harikumar Madhavan Nair
• Sound Mixing  T Krishnanunni
• Colorist Muthuraj
• Associate Director & Production Design Murukan A
• Stills Ann Prabhath
• Publicity Design Dileepdaz
• Production Company  Niv Art Movies

19th Jio Mami Film Festival 2017 Mumbai India
NFDC FILM BAZAAR – DI Award 2016
Hivos Tiger Award in International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017
Award for Professional Achievement in the Tarkovsky Film Festival in Russia for the excellence in cinematography
The Young Jury award in the 53rd Pesaro Film Festival
Special mention from the Official Jury in the 53rd Pesaro Film Festival
Jury Mention for Direction in Cinema Jove, International Film Festival of Valencia, Spain.
Jury Mention for Music Track in Cinema Jove, International Film Festival of Valencia, Spain.
Golden Apricot Award in the International Feature Competition category in Yerevan International Film Festival 2017
Best International Feature Narrative in Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico Expresión en Corto International Film Festival 2017

Film Festivals

The film was screened at the following Film festivals:

19th Jio Mami Film Festival
Mumbai Film Festival
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017
New Directors/New Films Festival 2017.
Vilnius International Film Festival 2017.
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2017.
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2017
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Film Festival 2017
Sydney Film Festival 2017.
Tarkovsky Film Festival 2017.
Art Film Festival 2017
Pesaro International Film Festival 2017
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017.
London Indian Film Festival 2017.
Cinema Jove Film Festival 2017.
Taipei Film Festival 2017
Lima Independiente International Film Festival 2017
Yerevan International Film Festival 2017
Guanajuato International Film Festival Expresión en Corto International Film Festival 2017
New Horizons Film Festival 2017
Anonimul International Film Festival 2017