Acting
Nivin Pauly's three-age transformation is genuinely unhinged brilliance.
Cinematography
Alphonse Puthren's frames make mundane Kerala look like a fever dream.
Editing
Those smash cuts and visual rhymes? Nobody else was doing this in 2015.
Director
Alphonse Puthren
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sai Pallavi's 'Malare' dance was shot in a single take with zero rehearsals—she was literally learning steps on camera.
The film basically invented the 'Malayali softboi' aesthetic that dominated South Indian romance for the next decade. Blame this movie for every man with a guitar and unresolved feelings.
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