Santhy Balachandran rocks traditional look in poem video

Actor Santhy Balachandran looks resplendent as a mother-to-be and then a mother in a video for a

poem

written by NRI Aishwarya Suresh. The nearly 10-minute video, shot by Luca cinematographer

Nimish Ravi

, is set in a traditional home and amid old-age scenarios with the voice over of the poem. Titled

The Love I Come From

, the visually rich video dwells on old Kerala rituals.

“I come from walls that resonate with the hums of a mother’s lullaby, And the melody of ancient wooden cradles, Rocking for a thousand generations,” the poem goes. The video, released on social media, is directed by

Ajith James Ephrem

.