Vanaja is fifteen, beautiful and far too impulsive for her own good. In a seaside village in India's Andhra Pradesh state, trouble will find a girl like this and Vanaja meets trouble halfway. Ambitious to a fault, Vanaja talks her way into the household of Mrs. Rama Devi, the landlady who rules over the entire village. Rama Devi is a past master of kuchipudi, a South Indian narrative dance usually reserved for highcaste Brahmins. Despite her social position, Vanaja is desperate to learn. She insinuates herself into the mistress's favor, but is undone when Shekhar returns to the household. He is the mistress's son, and reckless when it comes to women. He takes advantage of Vanaja, leaving her pregnant. But Rama Devi is grooming her son for political office and will not abide a child born out of wedlock to a low-caste village girl.
Release Date 2006-10-20 (Hamptons International Film Festival) 2006-11-03 (Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival) 2006-11-12 (Atlanta Indo-American Film Festival) 2006-11-15 (Denver International Film Festival) 2007-03-15 (Delray Beach International Film Festival) 2007-03-21 (Cleveland International Film Festival) 2007-03-25 (Memphis International Film Festival) 2007-04-14 (Phoenix Film Festival) 2007-04-15 (Wisconsin Film Festival) 2007-04-22 (WorldFest Houston) 2007-04-22 (Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles) 2007-04-22 (Santa Cruz Film Festival) 2007-04-24 (Washington, D.C. Film Festival) 2007-04-25 (Newport Beach Film Festival) 2007-04-28 (San Francisco International Film Festival) 2007-04-30 (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival) 2007-08-12 (Rhode Island International Film Festival) 2007-08-31