Katha Thudarunnu

The story as the title suggests, doesn't end with Katha Thudarunnu. This film is a touching meditation on those decisions that sometimes make and break your life, the process of moving on and looking forward to the end of that dark tunnel.

Life looks all perky for Vidya (Mamta Mohandas) with a doting husband Shanavas (Asif Ali) whom she has dared to live with despite objections from both their families, and a pretty daughter Laya (Anikha). When Shanu who goes out into a rainy night to buy mangoes for the kid never comes back, the mother and daughter are left stranded in the middle of nowhere.

I should say I have been pretty much disappointed with Sathyan Anthikkad's work of late, and have often vociferously stated as to how his films had started to revolve around shaky poles of conventionality. With Katha Thudarunnu, he charmingly reinvents himself and zips my mouth shut. This film marks the return of the director whom we had so much adored and affirms that all is not lost. At least not yet.