Vrithakrithyilulla Chathuram

Manilal Ramachandran[8] is an introvert and a socially inept person. He works in Seoul , South Korea. As he is busy preparing for an interview for promotion he gets the news of his father's demise. The sudden news of his father's death did not conjure anything ‘usual’ in him. He wasn't sad, or nostalgic. He was miffed. It was an inconvenience, irksome. He was faced with distortions in his inflexible adherence to routine life. He returns to his native to find that his father's death is not about ordinary departure but leftover inconveniences.

In his hometown Thiruvananthapuram he has to deal with his relatives and resident association members. Everyone immediately is trying to put him in a loop of chores where he has to go through nightmarish social responsibilities. To escape from these responsibilities Mani cycles away only to confront worse scenarios and eventually make a tryst with grief.

The movie was received with a critical acclaim at IFFK. Director Kamal called this film ‘a finding in Malayalam cinema’[10] in an interview with Mathrubhumi. Veteran director K. P. Kumaran called the movie ‘a product of hardwork and dedication addressing a modern problem ‘. Raman Chawla FIPRESCI member and Senior Vice President at Osian's Connoisseurs called it “Quirky and Unconventional’. The Indian Express review went on to say that the film is ‘Poetically captured’. Director T. V. Chandran called the film ‘crazy, beserk [sic?] and very contemporary’.