''A Yellow Bird'' is a 2016 Singaporean-French

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directed and co-written by K. Rajagopal and starring Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Huang Lu, and

Seema Biswas Seema Biswas (born 14 January 1965) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and the theatre. She gained prominence after playing the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur, Shekhar Kapur's film ''Bandit Queen'' (1994), for which she won the ...

. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the

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Plot

Siva (Sivakumar Palakrishnan) a Singaporean-Indian man is released after in prison for contraband smuggling. Unable to find forgiveness from his mother, he begins a quest to locate his ex-wife and daughter. Just as he finds solace and hope in the company of an illegal Chinese prostitute ( Huang Lu), he is confronted with an unbearable truth about his family. How far he will go in order to redeem himself from guilt?

Cast

* Sivakumar Palakrishnan as Siva * Huang Lu *

as Siva's mother * Udaya Soundari as Pavani * Nithiyia Rao * Indra Chandran

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yellow Bird, A 2016 films 2016 drama films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Mandarin-language films 2010s English-language films Singaporean drama films French drama films Films directed by K. Rajagopal 2016 directorial debut films 2016 multilingual films Singaporean multilingual films French multilingual films 2010s French films