Mohanlal plays Chandrashekhar,a defeated IPS officer, who takes his personal briefcase of losses to work. He unlike Sherlock Holmes who uses cocaine, plays chess in office to keep his mind alert. Chess references abound in the movie, as a serial killer challenges Chandra to a game which combines crime and personal life. There is a trail of murdered women. Nothing is out of bounds, as Chandra accepts the challenge. Lalu Alex is the killer. (I'm kidding! he is not there in the film)

There was a city where all traffic lights were female. Instead of green, yellow and red, they signalled emerald, ochre and magenta. Do you read espresso stories? sample this. Now the problem with stories tailor made for our fast world is that they end up tasting like alkali, some ambivalent sticky sensation. Intellectuals like me have to [...]