Kumari is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language mythological folk fantasy film written and directed by Nirmal Sahadev, featuring Aishwarya Lekshmi in title role.

[1] The film is produced by Giju John, Nirmal Sahadev, Sreejith Sarang and Jakes Bejoy under the banner The Fresh Lime Sodas.

Kumari is co-produced by Aishwarya Lekshmi, Priyanka Joseph and Mridhula Pinapala[2][3] The movie starts with a grandmother narrating to her grandchild a story about a goddess that had visited the earth.

Becoming fascinated by the beauty of planet, she did not return to her abode, and married a mortal man and had two children named Chathan and Gari Devan, who neither looked like gods nor humans and possessed enormous powers.

They fought amongst themselves and destroyed the planet forcing the goddess to restrain Chathan to the mountains and Gari Devan under the land, before returning to her abode.

The movie then shifts to a village, where the conservative landlord Thuppan undervalues people from low-caste and was known to be very cruel.

He also revealed that he killed his teacher for beating him mercilessly with a cane for watching a dance performance by skipping his lessons.

Dhruvan begins to hold desires for power over the village as its lord and Kumari catches him cutting his two fingers to resemble Gari Devan.

Achyuthan mocks him over it and a fight erupts between them but Velyachan intervenes and declares that Dhruvan would be the next landlord as he is the first one of the next generation delivering an heir.

Dhruvan confronts Kumari and justifies that it would be his responsibility to kill his child for the village and confines her to a room.

With no other option, Kumari meets Thuppan, who blames himself for all the miseries that he has caused and asks her to pray to the goddess, previously worshipped by Nangakutty, whom he had ignored for approaching Gari Devan.

Kumari eventually gives birth to a healthy boy and tries to escape with her baby but Dhruvan ambushes her and takes the child for sacrifice.

[5] A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Director Nirmal Sahadev, who debuted with Ranam, an action drama set in Detroit, has improved his game marginally, but a shallow script pulls Kumari down".