Raman

tells the story of Raman (Anoop Chandran), a village tea-shop assistant in Kerala and Diya Raman (Avantika Akerkar), wife of the US Defence Secretary. A media activist, she is trying to make a documentary about the adverse impact of , worldwide. The film has two parallel tracks, one set in India shows how creates economic and cultural imbalances in developing nations, the other is about the US’s violent invasion of Iraq. The film was made with a shoestring budget of (US$47,000) and was shot in and . The film had its world premiere on 30 November 2008 at the STEPS International Film Festival. The film had a limited theatrical release in Kerala on 16 January 2009. It was released at a theatre each in , and . The film was shown at at least 8 international film festivals including the following.