Chiram (2026)

Chiram is a Malayalam romantic drama directed by Sindhu Paradayil and N Sudheer, and written by Sindhu Paradayil with K Rajagopal. Seetha, a Malayali student, travels to Visva-Bharati University to study Baul music and falls in love with Sam, a freelance photographer. She later joins him in a tribal area of Kerala, where she begins teaching at a single-teacher school. Sam then leaves for the Mahananda woods in Bengal and does not come back, leaving Seetha to carry on alone. Anoop Menon and Aiswarya Midhun Koroth lead the cast, with Sreekanth Murali, Geethi Sangeetha, Shelly N Kumar and Thejaswi Bhakth. Sathyajith Nair produces the film under Sathyajith Productions. M Jayachandran and Girish Narayanan compose the music, with lyrics by K Rajagopal, Murali Master Mankulam and Hari Narayanan. Anand Balakrishnan is the cinematographer and CV Sajayyan the editor. Chiram opened in theatres in October 2026.