Selvi (2026)
செல்வி
After her best friend Kavitha’s sudden collapse, Selvi, a home care nurse, takes on her shifts in addition to her own, determined to hold everything together. Moving from one house to another, she spends her days caring for the elderly, rarely stopping to rest. As the long hours blur the boundaries between care and exhaustion, Selvi begins to confront the weight of guilt, love, and survival.
- Date of release
- 2026-10-09
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Sailesh Rathnakumar
Casting
- Anjali Patil — Selvi
- Swathy Krishnan — Kavitha
- Vinoth Kishan — Purushothaman
- Kitty — Vinod Kumar
- Mekha Rajan — Anu Prabha
- Archana Padmini — Rincy
- Semmalar Annam — Kamali
- S. Vinodh Kailash — Murali Kumar
- Pallavi Das — Meghna
- Rajamani — Dhanraj
- Manimegalai — Vani
- Prutisha — Kayal
Interesting facts
Selvi is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language drama film co-written, and directed by Sailesh Rathnakumar. Starring Anjali Patil in titular role it follows a home-care nurse through the emotional and social realities of caregiving, duty, and survival.
Production
In March the project was selected at the 24th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum. It is co-produced by the Red Sea Fund, a Red Sea International Film Festival initiative, and supported by Hong Kong Asia Film Financing.
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