A rare friendship. A poetic rebellion. A journey across continents.

In 1995, captivated by the confessional memoirs and fiery verses of Kamala Das—India’s most controversial and celebrated poet—Canadian feminist filmmaker Merrily Weisbord traveled to Kerala, seeking the woman behind the words. Das, hailed as the Mother of Modern Indian Poetry and a Nobel-shortlisted literary force, had shattered conventions, writing fearlessly about female desire, love, and betrayal. As Time Magazine wrote, she was “the first upper-class Hindu woman to write about her own illicit affairs.”

What followed was an extraordinary relationship that blurred the lines between biography and self-discovery. The Love Queen of Malabar is a cinematic voyage between East and West, past and present, spirituality and transgression—an intimate portrait of two women whose meeting redefined the boundaries of love, literature, and liberation.

Drama | Color | Cinemascope | 4K | Dolby 5.1
Original Languages | English, Malayalam
Subtitles | English | 120 minutes