Your Name on a Grain of Rice

On an unremarkable weekday afternoon, the film follows eight-year-old Dawn as she spends her birthday planning the perfect surprise, only to be surprised herself.

A cow appears in the dormitory, leaving the migrant workers confused. Amidst the events, Murthi, their lorry driver, discovers an uncanny connection between the cow and his best friend, Murugan.

“10-0” delves into the fleeting nature of life and the importance of family, seen through the perspective of Esther, an embalmer who seems to have it all. When a dead woman she embalms comes alive, pleading to relay her last words to her daughter, Esther helps by recording her message. The realisation that she could do something profound in her life renders her busy in her work life, making her unavailable to her family. In the end, she grapples with the consequences of such a choice and embalms one of them.

In the near future, a filmmaker documents the last traces of life on Planet Earth. As his journey unfolds, fragments of the past resurface in conversation, giving way to invisible histories that begin to speak and unseen presences that emerge, rooted in the memory of a long-lost loved one. Through the act of capturing and recording, he attempts to grasp loss and impermanence.