Star Cast: Kalabhavan Mani, Niya, Jagathy Sreekumar, Murali, Salimkumar, Bijukuttan, Rajan P Dev, K P A C Lalitha, Shivaji
Banner: Real cinema entertainments
Music: Mohan Sithara
Screenplay - Direction: C S Sudhesh 

Kalabhavan Mani gets to play Madhavan in the film, who has freshly slid out of the Xerox machine. An exact copy of the passé hero who suffers from EBS (Elder Brother Syndrome), Madhavan is the gullible man who is wronged by all whom he dearly loves, until there aren’t any wrongs left on earth.

Sudhesh’s film abounds in Malayali motifs. For starters, there’s the sambharam. Once you have settled down in the tharavaadu, there’s more to come – aksharashlokam, pai, pinnakku and kaali theetta, kalari, koothu, theyyam and mudiyaatu, punchapaadam, koithu paatu and velichapaadu. I had to stick to those originals, so that you get an abstract image as to how things stand.

With all the emblems in tact, the film sets about telling a story that’s as old as our good ol’ state. There are a few culprits behind the crafting of this drama where seeking freshness would be akin to finding that lost needle in the desert. Or in the current context, hunting for it in the haystack might be more appropriate.