“For this Sri Lankan immigrant, it’s another day of stacking supermarket shelves – and of cultural misunderstandings.”

Perianayaki (2022)

Name: Perianayaki
Director: Bala Murali Shingade
Genre: Drama
Released: 2022-08-06
Duration: 11 min
Cast: Jeyagowri Sivakumaran, Aman Bajaj, Joshua Tan, Kurt Utai-Laurenson, Adeline Esther

August 6, 202211mEN

Drama

Overview

Fifty-six-year-old Perianayaki contends with the difficulties of fitting into her new home, especially at the local supermarket where she works. Eye-opening and brimming with compassion, the latest film from director Bala Murali Shingade is a slice-of-life character study that provokes questions about multiculturalism and our assumptions about the people we encounter in daily life.

Director

Bala Murali Shingade

Writer

Shreya Gejji