Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi

Krishnankutty Panni Thudangi
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Directed by	Sooraj Tom
Written by	Anand Madhusoodanan
Produced by	Noble Jose
Starring	Vishnu Unnikrishnan Saniya Iyappan Vijilesh Karayad
Cinematography	Jithu Damodar
Edited by	Kiran Das
Music by	Anand Madhusoodanan
Production companies	Peppercorn Studios IIFAR Media
Distributed by	Zee5
Release date	11 April 2021 (2021-04-11)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi(transl. Krishnankutty started the job) is a 2021 Indian mystery psychological horror film directed by Sooraj Tom who had earlier directed ‘Pa.Va’ and ‘Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal’. It was released on 11 April 2021 simultaneously through Zee Keralam television channel and Zee5 app.

Plot

Unnikannan is a male home nurse. He arrives at an isolated bungalow in the middle of the forest to take care of an elderly man. When he arrives there, only a girl is in the bungalow, Beatrice. Beatrice tries her best to send Unnikannan back because her father and mother are not at home, but he is not ready to leave. He finds his patient, Beatrice's paralyzed grandfather, who is restless since the arrival of Unnikannan but is threatened by the latter to not cause any trouble.

Unnikannan narrates the story of Krishnankutty, a spirit terrorizing his village, and slyly tells Beatrice that no one would find out if something happened to her in the midst of such a huge estate. She retorts to his indecent advances by frightening him. The duo apparently seem to get along when mysterious incidents begin to take place. Unnikannan finds a severed head outside the bungalow and informs Beatrice about it, who in turn reveals to him how her grandmother was murdered by her grandfather and that her spirit is out for vengeance. A terrified Unnikannan urges Beatrice to flee with him but in a horrific twist of events, it is revealed that there is no ghost and it was actually Beatrice who committed the murder, with the help of another man Linto.

Unnikannan finds a diary in the room that he was locked in which reveals her past. Beatrice was a young Sri Lankan girl adopted by a Keralite family. The patriarch of the family, Luca, controlled everyone and was a pedophile who sexually abused Beatrice. The son of her adoptive parents also abused her while they turned a blind eye to her suffering. After years of torture and abuse, Beatrice attacks Luca and leaves him paralyzed. She yearns for revenge on the whole family. She meets Linto, whose perverted advances she rejects initially but then seduces him to carry out her plan. After reading the diary, Unnikannan manages to escape the room about the same time Beatrice and Linto finish disposing off the corpses. She then tries to kill Linto but he tackles her and hits her back. She pushes him down and tries to kill him but when she spots Unnikannan escaping, she runs behind him. He is saved from her when she is tackled by Linto and both of them fall into a pit.

In the next scene, we are shown a bandaged Unnikannan narrating the experience to his friends who refuse to believe him and accuse him of being too lazy to find a job. An irritated Unnikannan walks home alone but is stopped by someone (apparently Krishnankutty's spirit). Fed up, he furiously turns to confront whoever has called him. In the final scene, we see the bloody hand of Beatrice climbing out of the pit.

Cast

• Vishnu Unnikrishnan as Unnikannnan
• Saniya Iyappan as Beatrice
• Santhosh Damodharan as Luyi Paappan
• Vijilesh Karayad as Linto
• Srikant Murali as Krishnankutty
• Dharmajan Bolgatty as Sanoj