: It was one of the first major Malayalam films to tackle the specific dangers of social media catfishing and the vulnerability of personal privacy in the digital age.
The Malayalam film (2015) is a comedy-thriller that serves as a satirical commentary on the aimless youth of Kerala and the dangers of social media. Directed by G. Prajith and written by Vineeth Sreenivasan, the film follows Umesh (Nivin Pauly), an engineering student with 42 backlogs who flees to Chennai to pursue filmmaking to avoid working at his father’s grocery store. Core Plot and Conflict