Migratory birds don't cry) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Padmarajan.

They see the world's resentment personified in a mean teacher named Devika (Urvashi), who is in charge of this particular picnic.

The girls manage to escape and find a convent to stay at for the immediate night and a youth hostel soon after under the disguise that they are traveling college students.

As the girls piece together a living doing odd jobs for the time being, they are befriended by a stranger, Harishankar (Mohanlal), with whom Nimmy begins to develop an infatuation.

Hari brings up a position where Nimmy agrees to go back, thinking that he will then love her.

Sally considers that Nimmy's choices are hers, but finally, the girls agree to Hari's proposition to mediate between them and Devika.

In this meeting, Sally ends up outraged at Devika for no particular reason and storms out, refusing to go back to school.

Nimmy agrees to convince her, but then things go south as Hari reveals that Devika is his fiancée.

Shari is lesbian, she has cropped hair, loves her friend to the point of forsaking anything for her and is insanely jealous of Mohanlal's bond with her.

Like most queer people they also face neglect from their family at a young age and they keep running away from the world.

Through the narrative, Padmarajan brings in a connection between Devika and Harishankar, which eventually leads to the suicide of the girls.