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2023·Comedy·1h 47m
7.1
A group of Malayali travellers, returning to Kerala by bus after their visit to Velankanni, all doze off in a lazy nap after lunch. One of the travelers, James, stops the bus in a village in Tamil Nadu. He starts behaving like a native of the place and speaking in Tamil, confusing his fellow passengers and the villagers alike. He walks amidst faith, delusion, dream and trance, followed by others.
Directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery

Cast

Mammootty
Mammootty
James / Sundaram
Ramya Suvi
Ramya Suvi
Sally
Ramya Pandian
Ramya Pandian
Poonkuzhali
Ashokan
Ashokan
Babukutty
'Poo' Ram
'Poo' Ram
Palani
Vipin Atley
Vipin Atley
Tomy
Rajesh Sharma
Rajesh Sharma
Driver Kannan
T. Suresh Babu
T. Suresh Babu
Thomappan
Balan Parakkal
Balan Parakkal
Jhonny
G. M. Kumar
G. M. Kumar
Elangovan
Namo Narayana
Namo Narayana
Kumar
Ramachandran Durairaj
Ramachandran Durairaj
Shanmugam

Crew

Lijo Jose Pellissery
Lijo Jose Pellissery
Director
Mammootty
Mammootty
Producer
Lijo Jose Pellissery
Lijo Jose Pellissery
Producer
Ronex Xavier
Ronex Xavier
Makeup Artist
Gokul Das
Gokul Das
Production Design
Lijo Jose Pellissery
Lijo Jose Pellissery
Story

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34 reviews
Ari
Ari
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
Immensely stylish, gorgeous shot composition (albeit not as substantive as you’d expect in such a dramatic film), immensely mysterious, knows how and when to be tense, excellent use of other films and TV (can only imagine how long it took to construct the sound of this film with all the fleeting ’dialogue’ from other media scattered throughout… incredible stuff), “very slow” ~Indu’s mom, “reclaiming Wes Anderson” ~Indu
Immensely stylish, gorgeous shot composition (albeit not as substantive as you’d expect in such a dramatic film), immensely mysterious, knows how and when to be tense, excellent use of other films and TV (can only imagine how long it took to construct the sound of this film with all the fleeting ’dialogue’ from other media scattered throughout… incredible stuff), “very slow” ~Indu’s mom, “reclaiming Wes Anderson” ~Indu
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Shu
Shu
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
the act i put on after shawty catches me w the side hoe
the act i put on after shawty catches me w the side hoe
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Abhimanyu Salem
Abhimanyu Salem
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
Mammootty is a fine actor
Mammootty is a fine actor
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parvati
parvati
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
What an absolute treat Mammootty is. I thought the utter absence of camera movements altogether was very interesting, it certainly adds to the minimalism and groundedness that this film seeks to emulate. The only time this is broken is when his identity as Sundaram is upheaved when he is told that the barber he regularly goes to, is long dead. And I think that's beautiful filmmaking.
What an absolute treat Mammootty is. I thought the utter absence of camera movements altogether was very interesting, it certainly adds to the minimalism and groundedness that this film seeks to emulate. The only time this is broken is when his identity as Sundaram is upheaved when he is told that the barber he regularly goes to, is long dead. And I think that's beautiful filmmaking.
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Abhi Yamani
Abhi Yamani
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
what in the identity crisis
what in the identity crisis
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