Naval the Jewel is a universal story about women seeking their freedom, their rights, actor Reem Kadem has said. <\/p>\n
The actor along with the cast and crew of the film was taking part at a meet-the-press here on Saturday. <\/p>\n
Ms. Kadem, who is a Hollywood actor with roots in Iraq, said what happened to Naval happened to women around the world. <\/p>\n
Actor Adil Hussain was all praise for director Renjilal Damodaran, saying the latter knew exactly what he wanted from the actors. <\/p>\n
It was an important story to be told in todays India, he said. <\/p>\n
Mr. Damodaran said the film, set in Iran, was about a 23-year-old woman Naval, an Iranian with a Malayali mother. Naval, played by Reem, is the product of a Malabari wedding her elderly father from Iran had married her mother Asma Beevi (played by Swetha Menon) when she was only 13. <\/p>\n
In Iran, she gives birth to a girl. The father dies four years later. <\/p>\n
In the film, Naval is shown being denied justice. Naval goes to jail in connection with a murder, and the court sentences her to be hanged to death. Naval, however, does not protest against the verdict. <\/p>\n
Anu Sithara plays a young Swetha Menon. The screenplay is by V.K. Ajithkumar and Mr. Damodaran. The producer is Cyriac Mathew Alancheril. Lyrics are by Rafeek Ahmed and 15-year-old Kavyamayee, and music by M. Jayachandran. <\/p>\n
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