Somewhere between history and mythology lies the story of King Sudyumna, whose fate takes an unexpected turn in a sacred grove where identity is not fixed, but fluid. Transformed into a woman—renamed Ila—and bound to shift between genders with the waxing and waning of the moon, Sudyumna’s journey unfolds as an exploration of selfhood, destiny, and acceptance. When Ila meets Budha, the god of Mercury, love becomes an act of recognition—of seeing and being seen beyond the confines of binary existence.
Join us for a screening and a post-screening conversation to examine the myth’s lingering presence in our cultural psyche, its echoes in contemporary discourse, and the questions it raises about identity, transformation, and belonging.
