

And Indhu VS populates her film with a few characters who are all looking for some meaning and purpose. Sometimes all it takes is a shocking piece of news about an individual you’ve only met once-or known only for quite a while- which kickstarts a process you didn’t expect to change you for the better. What if, one day, he walked into a photostat shop and handed over the manuscript of his last work to the lady managing it (Nithya Menen’s character is nameless)? They only meet once, but the registered impact has a far-reaching effect, as we see later in the film. No points for guessing if a real-life journalist inspired this gender-switched version.

What if the Vijay Sethupathi from Aandavan Kattalai was a fearless, anti-right wing writer who didn’t shove his ideology down others’ throats? That’s what Gauri Shankar from 19(1)(a) is.
