Jogi, once a dancer but now a boatman, deliberately overthrows his boat full of people to kill himself, but manages to survive alone. Later, Jogi becomes the manager of Nirvana Hotel at a resort in the Himalayas, and faces a family there.
Acting
Adil Hussain's haunted eyes do more than dialogue ever could.
Cinematography
Himalayas as purgatory—beautiful and spiritually suffocating.
Direction
Jayapal trusts you to drown in ambiguity. No hand-holding.
Director
Vijay Jayapal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references the Buddhist concept of liberation from rebirth—ironically, Jogi is trapped in his own cycle of guilt.
Vijay Jayapal's debut Sivapuranam also explored male guilt; this completes his unofficial 'toxic masculinity and spiritual punishment' diptych.
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