Panchakshari

Pathumma

Pathumma is a poor widow earning her livelihood by selling rotis to a hotel. She deposits money with a trusted jeweller to build a house. Her hut is washed away by the raging sea, the jeweller gives her money she has saved and some money from his own end for her to build her a house. Her character in the film represents Muslim women, and she upholds the harmony with which Muslims and Hindus have lived in peace for centuries.