Keerthana in a memorable performance, Amudha is brought up by a loving middle class family with two younger brothers after her natural parents Shyama (Nandita Das) and Dileepan (J.D. Played with deep feeling and expressiveness by P.S. Beautifully photographed in Southern India by cinematographer Ravi K Chandran in a setting mirroring the terrain of Sri Lanka, the film tells a moving story about an adopted 9-year old girl who sets out to find her real mother in the middle of the fighting in Sri Lanka. While the civil war is merely a backdrop for the story of a young girl's voyage of discovery, the human cost of war is made quite clear and Ratnam gives the fighting a universal context, pointing the finger at global arms traffickers as the source of wrongdoing. The impact on children and families caught in the conflict is sensitively dramatized by acclaimed Tamil director Mani Ratnam in his 2002 film A Peck on the Cheek, winner of several awards at the National Film Awards in India. Human rights groups have said that, as a result of the war, more than one million people have been displaced, homeless or living in camps. rAjOo Sri Lanka, a country divided by religion and language, the civil war between the pro-Sinhalese government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist organization, has claimed an estimated 68,000 lives since 1983. Watch what happens when Amudha finally gets to meet her birth mother-who may outrightly disown her or induct her as one of the many child warriors among the Tamil Tigers. Herold Vikramsinghe, will be abducted by Tamil Tigers, who, in turn, will arrange for a meeting with Shyama. They travel there, among almost war-like conditions, and it is here that Thiruchelvan and his guide, Dr. They do come across a woman named Shyama, but she denies having any children, and it is then that they find out that there is another Mankulam in the north of Sri Lanka. Amudha initially runs aways to Rameswaram, but she is unable to locate her and continues to be distraught until Thiruchelvan promises to take her to Mankulam. After Amudha completes her ninth year, she is told that she has been adopted, which compels her to start searching for her biological mother. Subsequently, they become parents of two sons, Vinayan and Akhilan. He accordingly gets married to Indra, and they adopt the child and name her Amudha. When he comes forward to adopt her, he is initially refused, as he must be married in order to adopt any child.
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The child gets noticed by noted Tamil author Thiruchelvan, who lives with his sister, her husband, and their son and writes books under the pen-name of Indra, who is actually an attractive TV newswoman who lives next door. Alone, without any support, Shyama gives birth to a girl, leaves her, and returns to Sri Lanka to be with her husband. A storm threatens their village, and they are forced to flee to a Refugee Camp in Rameswaram, India. Dhileepan goes into hiding because of his connections with the Tamil Tigers, while Shyama returns to her father's house. Nevertheless, they do get intimate, which results in Shyama getting pregnant. After the marriage, Shyama confides that she would like to be a mother of eight children, but she is stunned when her husband tells her that he cannot father any children until there is peace between the mainstream and the Tamils in this country. Dhileepan and Shyama are Tamil-speaking residents of Mankulam, Sri Lanka, who get married with the blessings of their respective families.