Attempting to kickstart his career, Karthik makes a documentary on Alzheimer's disease. His subject, Malathi Menon, lives in a small town outside Harippad with her daughter Athira. Karthik and his team arrive at Malathi's place and start noticing Malathi's unexplainable behavior, where she starts speaking in an ancient language and scribbling on certain pictures.
Acting
Gautami's physical transformation is genuinely unsettling.
Direction
Kukku Surendran weaponizes documentary realism against you.
Director
Kukku Surendran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gautami came out of semi-retirement for this role; she reportedly studied actual Alzheimer's patients to ground the supernatural elements in painful realism.
The 'ancient language' Malathi speaks draws from Tulu and archaic Malayalam dialects, suggesting the entity predates modern Kerala itself.
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