Akelli (2023)

Synopsis : Jyoti is in dire need of money to pay back all her familial debts and to provide for her family, after the passing away of her parents in a Kedarnath accident. She plans to apply for work in Muscat, Oman but doesn’t have enough to pay to the agent as the initial deposit. The agent is somehow able to find a job opening for her in Mosul, Iraq, in a clothes factory, in the amount that she has been able to arrange. Despite being aware of the political climate of Iraq, Jyoti decides to go to work there. She befriends a kind gentleman named Rafeeq at her workplace. Very soon, she finds herself in a war-torn land.

She is determined to return to India but circumstances don’t allow her. The next day, the factory is hijacked by the terror group and workers are held hostage. The story that follows, shows how Jyoti valiantly fights the terrorists in an unknown country where even survival is a battle.