Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam - A Movie Review
In Lijo Jose Pellissery's latest film, "Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam" (A Mid-Day Slumber), James, a Malayali Christian, is returning home from a pilgrimage in Velankanni when he stops a bus near the Tamil Nadu border and claims to be the missing son of a Tamilian Hindu family. He metamorphoses into someone else as his bus drives by the village. James, played by Mammootty, is a penny pincher who financed the trip, yet he can also be warm, considerate, and funny. Sundaram, the person James claims to be, is gregarious, sociable, cheerful, and a devout Hindu. The film's allegorical nature, accompanied by a sense of humour and a packed soundscape, enriches it even when it wears thin in other departments.