Akka (2026)

The title refers to the highest position of power held by Mutthakka (Tanvi Azmi) in the fictional South Indian kingdom of Pernuru. The year is 1985, and Pernuru has had a ruling matriarchy for generations. Women run the place, like Bhavani (Keerthy Suresh), who handles a lot of the day-to-day duties for Mutthakka. Though she loves a man named Nanda (Vishak Nair), who wants to marry her despite the kingdom’s staunch rule against it, Bhavani defends their way of life, especially when the vengeful Shankar (Mahesh Manjrekar) and the formidable Rudra (Radhika Apte) seek to destroy it. Things get sticky, though, when Bhavani gets entangled with Amar (Anshuman Pushkar), who runs an illegal smuggling operation. That’s how we get to see nudecomer Keerthy down to her bra in two scenes. She definitely looks like she’s smuggling a pair of ripe melons!