As Lakshmi learns to accept the setbacks and begins a new chapter in her life, her daughter, Thara goes missing. She embarks on a journey in search of her daughter and comes across four strangers - a paranormal investigator, a photographer, and two local thieves. The film is the mysterious tale of five strangers who come together to find a missing child.
Acting
Mamta Mohandas anchors every scene with raw maternal desperation
Cinematography
Kerala's waterways become claustrophobic and malevolent
Direction
Rahman wrings dread from everyday rural spaces
Director
Althaf Rahman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Neeli draws on Kerala's rich tradition of yakshi folklore—female spirits who lure victims, subverting the 'mother goddess' archetype into something predatory.
The four strangers represent four failed institutions: faith (Reni), documentation (photographer), law (thieves as failed social order). None can save Thara.
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