

We know there is something wrong about Shammi, when he is first introduced. But Saji opened up and that was what allowed Franky to connect with him.

Normally, an elder brother would be like a parent, and would have to mask his emotions and hide his vulnerabilities from those that he was taking care of. Despite being the eldest in the family, he wasn’t afraid in asking his youngest brother to take him to a psychiatrist, when he was feeling low. While Shammi was the representative of what it traditionally meant to be a man, Saji broke the norms, by showing that men have emotions and can express it as openly as women do. Saji was a complete antithesis to Shammi.

So when Bonny beat him, Saji was completely broken. Even though Bonny id not a blood relative of his as Bonny’s mother and Shammi’s father married after those two were already born, he and Bonny became inseparable within a few days of their parents’ marriage. His inability to take care of his brothers, makes him mentally disturbed, and he reaches his breaking point when out of rage he slaps Franky, and in response Bonny beats him up. He is constantly fighting with Bobby, he is estranged from Bonny, and Franky is detached from him. However, when the film opens, we see a broken family. Below is a detailed character analysis of each main character in the film.Īs the eldest brother in the family, Saji is expected to take care of his three younger brothers after his father passes away and his mother leaves to become a nun. Kumbalangi Nights, is a Malayalam film, released in 2019, about four brothers who share a complex relationship with each other, due to the absence of their parents, and how the presence of three women in their lives change them. Disclaimer: This article contains SPOILERS.
