In a quiet and unhurried manner, the narrative travels back and forth between the past and present to establish Paul’s easygoing equation with Sherin, the father-son-like bond between Paul and Allen, Paul’s quest for justice for Sherin, how Allen and Sneha met, the load on the grieving Allen’s mind and the inexplicable force gnawing at their relationship. We gradually learn that she is Sneha (Aishwarya Lekshmi), wife of Allen (Tovino Thomas) who was earlier married to Paul’s late daughter Sherin (Shruti Ramachandran) who died in an accident. She addresses him as Papa but he seems to know little about her and they are clearly uneasy with each other. Paul next arrives at a house and the door is opened by a pregnant young woman. The latter are for a visit to a cemetery, the chocolates are for his grandson Kuttu (Alok Krishna). It begins with a lightly gray-haired Paul (Suraj Venjaramoodu) buying chocolates, candles and matches at a roadside store. This contentious comparison calls for a long discussion, but the film nevertheless remains riveting from start to finish, not just as a whodunwhat but also with the gradual unravelling of the moral questions it raises. Manu and writers Bobby and Sanjay (who also wrote Uyare ) are determined not to paint any of them as an all-out villain or angel, which is the entire point of the film, the source of its brilliance but also its Achilles heel since this determination leads to a disputable equivalence being suggested between two characters.
The reason for this narrative structure is evident: the mystery-that-was-not-initially-considered-a-mystery is pivotal to the plot, but at its core, this film is less about the suspense around that element than it is a study of human psychology.ĭirected by Manu Ashokan whose debut feature was the excellent Parvathy-starrer Uyare (2019), Kaanekkaane ’s effectiveness hinges on its meticulously measured incremental revelations about its central trio. It is at one level a thriller, but an unconventional addition to that genre since the big reveal comes much before the climax.
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