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Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam (2022)
Milestone in Malayalam-Tamil cinema
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam (NNM) - A mid-day slumber.
A protagonist in a TV playing in the background of a scene mentions about how he has seen art created across Los Angeles and Naples by apple colored people. Lijo and Mammootty does it incredibly well in the sepia colored movie.
It explores the same identity themes with parallels across Vanaprastham and Kutty Srank. The former deals with the identity crisis between the artist (played by Mohanlal) and his art. The latter deals more with exploration of an individual identity through the eyes of the 3 women in his (Mammootty's) life. NNM explores almost a kafkaesque metamorphosis of its lead protagonist across identities - all the while asking the age old vedic question of "who are you". Dehina asmin dehe - in this body there is the resident of the body. Anything more will be a spoiler.
NNM brings a different identity for Lijo also. From wide angle action and chaos to excruciatingly crafted and composed stills and sleepy slumber in shots.
NNM is easily a milestone in Malayalam (or is it Tamil) movie history.