The camaraderie flows smoothly. They are an unruly bunch of men in their late 20s, who crash weddings, pick up silly fights, and at least initially don’t even give the impression of anything beyond the superficial. Though one gets the feeling that all the 11 characterizations are sparsely sketched, and even if you might not recall all their names, they do work as one entity. At the back of my mind, I can pick Kuttan (Soubin Shahir), the eldest and also the most sorted among the lot, Subhash (Sreenath Bhasi) who is struggling to anchor his family, two brothers (Lal Jr and Balu Varghese) who don’t get along, a guy with OCD, so on and so forth. The male bonding is played out casually, confirming their masculine identity—booze, and competitive sports (tug-of-war).

However, any attempts to percolate profound subtexts remain ineffective. Like this earlier conversation between Subash and driver Prasad (Khalid Rahman) about the existence of God (though a hat tip to Anbe Sivam) doesn’t have the desired results. Instead what hits the nail on the head would be the deliberate references.

Though the escalation to the core plot is........

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