Time-Loop On First Night? Yes, They Did It

There comes this film called “Russian Doll” where a lady gets killed in a party scene, and her life goes repeating to the same scene again and again, stuck in a time loop. Then came Tom Cruise’s Edge of Tomorrow, another time-loop sci-fi film with a huge setup: a war between aliens and men. In Tamil, Simbu made this political time-loop thriller titled ‘Maanaadu’ And now, how about a first-night scene getting into a time loop?

Yes, Malayalam film Dhumakethu, which is streaming on Netflix right now, is about a man getting killed on his first night, and the man visiting the same scene again and again. Well, that’s how Malayalam folks cook stories, and currently, the movie featuring Sajin Gopu and Nikhila Vimal, this unusual story with the time-loop setup, has caught the eye of the young generation. Director Sudhi Maddison extracted comedy quite well, and that keeps hitting right every time.

On the other hand, many are wondering why Telugu filmmakers are not coming up with such simple and comical time-loop movies rather than thinking about big setups and Pan-India movies. The trailer itself is so promising that the Malayalam version is getting superior streaming views on Netflix right now that it went to Top 4 on Netflix Charts in India right now.