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Shorts & Mid-length

Auto Queens

Directed by Sraiyanti H

Screens as part of Programme 14: Breaking the Cocoon.

Screening at DIFF 2026

Sun1 to Sunday 1 Nov · PictureTime 1
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Runtime
30 min
Year
2025
Country
India
Language
Tamil
Subtitles
English

Synopsis

In Chennai, Mohana and her confidante Leela Rani lead Tamil Nadu’s first women-run auto-rickshaw union, Veera Pengal Munnetra Sangam. Facing deep systemic hostility, the pair navigate everyday resistance to foster sisterhood and street-level mobility.

Director

Sraiyanti H Sraiyanti HSraiyanti is a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker whose work addresses caste, gender, and social movements in South India. Her non-fiction short Tambram Cooking screened at NYIFF, IDSFFK and DIFF in 2023.

Cast and crew

Producer
Sruti Lodha, Sarabhi Ravichandran, Shilpa Kumar, Mathivanan Rajendran
Cinematographer
Prem Akkattu
Editor
Sraiyanti H
Sound
Raghav Ramesh, Puthira Balan
Cast
Leela Rani and Mohana

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