Asha Latha debuts in Tamil

Asha Latha, who has been working in small roles in Telugu films, debuts as a heroine in a Kollywood movie Indragobai, which deals with the powerful subject of honour killing and is based on a true-life incident from 1990.

“I have used Indragobai (a small insect which appears during rainy season) term as a metaphor here,” says its director Vijay T. Alexander.

“The Indragobai insect will wither into powder and hundreds of small insects will emerge from it. Likewise, even if  parents murder their kids believing that the respective ones have brought dishonour upon the family — hundreds of such couples will emerge. It is the crux of the movie,” says Alexander, who has made the film Aridharam earlier.