Bramayugam (2024) the Age of Madness

Directed by Rahul Sadasivan

Screenplay by

Rahul Sadasivan

T. D. Ramakrishnan

(Dialogues)

Story by Rahul Sadasivan

Produced by

Chakravarthy Ramachandra

S. Sashikanth

Starring

Mammootty

Arjun Ashokan

Sidharth Bharathan

Cinematography Shehnad Jalal

Edited by Shafique Mohammed Ali

Music by Christo Xavier

Production

companies

Night Shift Studios

YNOT Studios

Distributed by

Aan Mega Media (Kerala)

Sithara Entertainments (AP&TS)

AP International (Rest of India)

Truth Global Films (Overseas)

Release date

15 February 2024

Running time 139 minutes

Country India

Language Malayalam

Budget ₹27.73 crore

Box office ₹52.82 crore

imdb rating 8.4/10

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In 17th century Malabar, Thevan and Koran escape the clutches of the Portuguese slave trade in Ponnani and flee to the east. At night, they camp at the banks of the Bharatappuzha River, but Koran is killed by a yakshi. Thevan runs away, discovering an abandoned mansion or mana in the morning.

While stealing a coconut, he is apprehended by the house's cook. He is brought before the lord of the manor, Kodumon Potti, who requests him to sing a song. The potti compliments Thevan on the song and insists that he stay the night there, in spite of his desire to leave. The cook, while showing Thevan his room, discourages him from asking questions about the house or the lord's background.

Over the next few days, he discovers from the cook that the potti is a descendant of Chudalan Potti, who was gifted a demon helper, a chaathan, by the goddess Varahi. His constant torture of the chaathan turned it mad, and it went on to kill Chudalan Potti and his family. Kodumon Potti eventually defeated the chaathan and chained him to the mansion's attic.

One day, Thevan sees the cook digging a grave in the backyard, presumably for himself. Terrified, he tries to leave, but cannot. He then realizes that he has lost his memory and that he has been trapped in the manor for months. The cook tells Thevan that the grave is not for him, but for Kodumon: the man who has been running the mana is the chaathan in disguise, and he imprisoned the real Kodumon in the attic and drove him insane, leading to his eventual death. The only way that the cook and Thevan can escape the mana is by defeating the chaathan by dousing an ever-burning lamp located in a secret chamber under the mansion and then trapping the creature in a special chest.

During an argument, the cook steals the key to the chamber from the chaathan's waist. He opens the lair and blows out the lamp, rendering the chaathan powerless. Thevan and the cook set fire to the chaathan's disguised form, and the creature inside emerges. The cook, now revealed to be Kodumon's illicit son, attempts to put on the ring that will give him mastery over the chaathan, but is stopped by Thevan, who sees that it can reanimate the chaathan like it did with Kodumon. The two fight, but eventually Thevan secures the ring and puts it on himself. A big fire destroys the mana and collapses on them.