Movie is about the meeting between Madhavi(a mother who lost her two daaughters in a bike accident) and a girl-Jiji(who lost her mother in a bus accident) and the daughter-mother relationship that develops between them.This Padmarajan movie again fitted well into the Kerala society and the portrayal was very believable - It rung true.
Madhavi is living away from her husband(Lalu Alex) as he was riding the bike that caused the accident.Jiji stays with Madhavi and Jiji asks to go to the old house.Lalu Alex who has been waiting for Madhavi to come back to his house is ready to accept Jiji as well.But his acceptance is just a compromise so that he can have Madhavi back and bear more children and continue on.
The film also brought the case of Mammooty(Doctor) whose wife(doctor) suggests to send their first child(retarded) to a mental asylum so that the second child(norma) is able to live properly.This causes a separation and they stay apart.Mammooty with the retarded son and wife with the normal daughter.Uneasy calls in life.
Then there is the thread of Shari and Murali,a husband-wife pair who are in love but the husband is an alcoholic and hence Shari stays away.But Shari still loves him and elopes with him in the night.
Jiji keeps becoming aware of her being misfit in the scheme of things and finally runs off into the wilderness.
Movie dealt with themes that are rarely dealt with.The sequence where the girl ostensibly playing Hide-n-Seek runs off from their life is a striking one.While I may not have been moved completely in my watching yesterday,I am sure this would have brought lot of mothers to uncontrollable tears in the theatre.
