Making jokes and laughing about issues that women face is one extreme, portraying them to be bizarre and freakish is at the other end of the spectrum. Star focuses' the latter.
The movie gets off to a cracking start, with the story introducing us to the main character of Roy (played by Joju George) and his family. They seem to be living a comfortable life and have all the luxuries that one could hope for. Roy's wife Ardra (Sheelu Abraham) is shown to be moody, overly possessive about her husband and very distant from her own children. She smile's to her self, talk's to herself and stand's on the roof of the house for hours on end looking up at the sky. She is meant to freak you out and the director is not subtle about that all. The first half of the movie certainly gives out a "Manichitrathazhu" vibe.
The second half of the movie is a snooze fest, with Ardra continuing to unnerve everyone with her antics. There are plenty of inconsequential scenes and deliberate attempts from the storyteller to divert the audience's attention from the very much underwhelming reveal at the end.
You will find yourself scratching your head over pointless sub-plots in the movie like Ardra, a Hindu marrying Roy, a Christian. It seemed the director did not want you to forget this since it was mentioned multiple times in the movie. Even though the movie seems to focus on an issue that women go through in their later years, you end up sympathising with the male character Roy. I'm sure it would not be easy for a man to see his wife being so distant with their children, talking to her-self in front of their children and just freaking them out in general.
P. S.: Prithviraj fans, you will be disappointed.
