In an interview with ‘The Wire’, Pillai said the allegations and counter-allegations involving T.M. Krishna and the Music Academy simply display the power of caste capital and Brahmin privilege.

The film's immediate focus is Kamala Das's famous Malayalam short story, 'Neypaayasam'. It's a heart-wrenching account of the sudden death of a woman and the sweet dish she leaves behind being relished by her unsuspecting young children, with the devastated father looking on.

'2018: Everyone is a Hero', a film about those terrible events, is India’s official entry to the Oscars.

The Kerala film-maker passed away on September 24 after many years of assisted living.