Feminichi Fathima trailer: Dulquer Salmaan-backed black comedy sheds light on the ‘price’ a woman must pay to buy a new mattress. Watch

Feminichi Fathima trailer: Set in a coastal town in Kerala, the black comedy explores the struggles faced by stay-at-home wives and mothers, particularly in orthodox families.

By: Entertainment Desk

Kochi | October 6, 2025 10:05 PM IST

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Feminichi Fathima trailer: Set in a coastal town in Kerala, the black comedy explores the struggles faced by stay-at-home wives and mothers, particularly in orthodox families.

Feminichi Fathima trailer: Shamla Hamza plays the titular role in the black comedy. (Screenshot: YouTube/DQSalmaan)

Feminichi Fathima trailer: After knocking it out of the park with Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra, which emerged as the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time, actor-producer Dulquer Salmaan’s Wayfarer Films is back with yet another movie — this time a smaller one, though, that made waves at festival circuits. Titled Feminichi Fathima, the film is distributed by Wayfarer Films and co-produced by Thamar KV, known for helming acclaimed titles like 1001 Nunakal and Sarkeet.

On Monday, Dulquer himself unveiled the trailer for Feminichi Fathima via his official YouTube channel, setting the stage for the film’s impending release. Set in the coastal town of Ponnani in the Malappuram district, the satire explores the struggles faced by stay-at-home wives and mothers, particularly in orthodox families. While the 94-second promo opens with Fathima (Shamla Hamza) inspecting her mattress, which her son wet in his sleep, it quickly transitions to show her struggle to get it dried off. As the trailer progresses, we see how she is treated like a domestic worker by her husband, with her not even having the freedom to buy a new mattress with her own money.

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Packed with observational, situational and dark humour, the trailer promises that the movie not only offers a 360-degree view of the lives of Fathima and those around her but also highlights her eventual resistance against the systemic oppression she has been facing within the four walls of her house.

Written, edited and directed by debutante Fasil Muhammed, Feminichi Fathima also features Kumar Sunil, Viji Viswanath, Pushpa Rajan and Akash Prahladan in key roles. While its cinematography is handled by Prince Francis, the film’s background score has been crafted by Shiyad Khabeer. Feminichi Fathima will hit the screens on Friday, October 10.

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In his review of the film, SCREEN’s Anandu Suresh wrote, “Beyond its critique of patriarchy, the film also reflects on the arbitrary nature of superstitions and how people, particularly those who wield power, manipulate religious teachings to suit their own interests, emphasising the lack of definitive truth in such practices.”

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