A Malayalam rom-com that asks: can you ever outrun your first crush—or your cringe?
Mandharam begins with the all too familiar trope - the schoolboy who spends his days dreaming about his childhood sweetheart and classmate, who, at the end of school, lets him know that she has a 'muracherukkan'.
Acting
Asif Ali's committed descent into pathetic relatability
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes Malayali small-town vernacular
Costume
Rajesh's tragic style evolution as self-delusion metaphor
Director
Vijesh Vijay
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