Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam

Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam

The movie starts with the elopement of Anna Joseph (Prayaga Martin) and Ahmed Kutty a.k.a. Ammatty (Deepak Parambol) that sets off communal tensions between Christians and Muslims in a small village in Kerala. Men from both religions roam the village at night searching for the eloped couple, and when the situation becomes volatile, the local police get involved. Alex John (Shine Tom Chacko) is the local police inspector, who reads through the diary of Anna Joseph. Through flashback, the inspector reads Ammatty's and Anna's story. Their families were good friends even when Ammatty and Anna were babies, and the two grow up together as best friends, and later, as lovers. They go to the same school and college, with their best friend Jaffer their one true confidant. However, Ammatty leaves town one night, with no more explanation than a voice message to his best friend Jaffer, and through him to Anna asking both of them to not look for him or wait for him. He promises them he is going away for good, but with noble intentions. Anna is heartbroken and decides to become a nun instead of her younger sister Ancy who was initially meant to be ordained as part of a family offering to God. The diary ends here, and the inspector starts questioning all those who saw the couple that night. From one of them, he realizes that they were forced to flee when spotted and surrounded by a crowd while talking.

Director

Shyju Anthikkad

Release

28 Feb 2020

Run time

134 min

Language

Malayalam