
“A chain of events, born from a butterfly.”
A bored butterfly lands on a motorcycle helmet and slips inside. The rushing owner, already late for work, puts it on without noticing. Startled by the butterfly trapped near his face, he stops the bike, removes the helmet, and lets it fly away. Still in a hurry, he rides out and crashes into a milkman. The can of milk spills across the road. This small accident sets off a chain of events in different places, each leading to another, until it finally ends in the death of a man. A short film about how the smallest things can create the biggest consequences.
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Original Language
ML

Inside a small roadside salon, three men mock a newspaper photo of a fair-skinned groom who has married a dark-skinned bride. Their laughter is cruel, their views shallow. At that moment, a young man with dark skin walks in. Offended by their remarks, he challenges their narrow ideas and sparks a heated debate. What begins as casual gossip soon turns into a clash of perspectives on beauty, prejudice, and identity. The title “Pottakkinar”—literally “The Frog in the Well”—is borrowed from a Chinese idiom that describes a person too narrow-minded to see the vastness of the world. This intimate, single-location short film is a raw and unbiased reflection on racism and the everyday ignorance that feeds it.
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