HER DAUGHTER'S AMMA WITH PRIDE

When her child came out as transgender, P VALLI's first instinct was fear. She has gone on to become a symbol of support, courage, and unconditional love.

- By Kayal Arivalan

When P Valli's daughter Srija came out as a trans woman, her first thoughts weren't about identity or freedom, she was filled with fear. “I wondered how I would face my relatives and the neighbourhood,” she recalls. As a single mother in conservative Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, she feared the worst: rejection, ostracism, and isolation.

Amma's Pride tells a larger story. The documentary follows Srija's fight to legally register her marriage with her partner Arun Kumar – making it the first legallyrecognised marriage between a trans woman and a cis man in Tamil Nadu. At its heart is not just Srija's legal triumph, but her mother Valli's emotional journey.