Directed by: Ahammed Khabeer
Starring: Joju George, Shruti Ramachandran
Starring: Joju George, Shruti Ramachandran
Streaming on Sony LIV.
The film is bittersweet and honest. It's not too sweet in a way that it seems like this isn't how life is. It shows all the facets of life within very limited number of settings. It shows good elements like falling in love, savoring food, spending time with your friends and family, marriage and it also shows us the harsh realities like dealing with loss, death, longing and pain. Since we experience these wide range of emotions in the film, it doesn't really feel like a single location film - which it mostly is. But even in the hospital, they explore so much of life that it doesn't feel like that. As Baradwaj Rangan once put it, Malayalam cinema captures the 'nothingness of life' beautifully. Even in this film, it's interesting how they explore the world and characters throughout the film, where there isn't much "plot" happening but the film creates an emotionally satisfying effect, just with the ending 20 mins.
The characters in the film are so endearing to watch, because of the simplicity in their lives. Their priorities are simple - food, friends and family. Joju George is beautiful as an actor, because he projects his vulnerability in a very appealing way. Usually such emotions, even though they're done honestly - sometimes they're not as fun to watch. But actors like him can make sure that they're doing it in a honesty and yet interestingly. For some reason, I kept seeing Vijay Sethupathi in him, perhaps because both of them have a similar meter as performers, and in the amount of masculinity and femininity they draw from within. The ending is beautiful - the film and the characters inspire us to love unconditionally and to find hope even in the worst of circumstances.
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