

A software engineer stumbles on a novel set in the pre-Independence era and falls in love with a character from the book. He then sets out to trace the character.
Acting
Mammootty commits to dual roles with unearned confidence.
Production
Period flashbacks outshine the present-day soap opera.
Director
Abhay Simha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Abhay Simha originally conceived this as a straight period drama before producers demanded Mammootty's 'young lover' subplot be added.
The film's commercial failure helped kill the brief 2010s wave of Malayalam-Kannada bilinguals targeting 'pan-South' audiences.