Velayudhan is a young man living in a place torn apart by civil strife. In the midst of a raging street war, he kills his best friend. Velayudhan feels guilty and disturbed. The political enemies also plot revenge on Velayudhan.
Acting
Seema Biswas delivers volcanic restraint in a world exploding.
Direction
Jayaraj makes 95 minutes feel like a lifetime of consequences.
Cinematography
Chaos captured with surgical, unflinching precision.

Director
Jayaraj
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jayaraj's 'Navarasa' series explores each rasa through different films; Shantham embodies the 'peace' rasa through its violent absence.
Shot during actual tense periods in Kerala, the film blurs documentary and fiction—some extras were locals who had lived this reality.