Vilayath Buddha (Malayalam)

Vilayath Buddha arrives with the weight of legacy. This is the third in Prithviraj Sukumaran’s unofficial “ego-clash trilogy”, after Driving Licence and Ayyappanum Koshiyum , both brought to life by director Sachy — who had also dreamed of adapting Vilayath Buddha . After Sachy’s death in 2020, the responsibility of honouring that vision fell to debutant Jayan Nambiar, one of Sachy’s protégés. And to Jayan’s credit, despite the film’s unmissable flaws, he treats the material with the kind of earnestness that tells you this film mattered long before the cameras rolled.

Based on GR Indugopan’s acclaimed novel, Vilayath Buddha builds its world around a single, almost mythical presence — a rare, superior sandalwood tree that stands in the courtyard of one

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