Director: Ajith Mampally
A fishing boat at a quiet harbor becomes the setting for a crime story that pulls its lead character far from the simple life he was trying to rebuild.
What is Kondal about?
Manuel is trying to leave his troubles behind when he takes a job aboard a boat working out of Munambam Harbor, hoping for a fresh start away from his hometown of Anchuthengu. The work is hard but ordinary, until events aboard the boat spiral into something far more dangerous, dragging Manuel and his crewmates into a tangle of crime and mystery neither of them saw coming. As tensions rise among the people who share his cramped quarters and long shifts at sea, Manuel finds that the past he thought he'd escaped has a way of catching up with him on the water just as easily as it did on land.
Cast & crew
Antony Varghese leads as Manuel, with Gauthami Nair, Raj B Shetty, Shabeer Kallarakkal, Sarath Sabha, Nebish Benson, Jaya Kurup, and Prathibha rounding out the cast. Ajith Mampally directs, working the film's crime and mystery elements around the close, tense atmosphere of life aboard a working boat.
Context & significance
Set against the coastal fishing communities of Kerala, the film draws on the rhythms of harbor life — long hours, tight crews, and the isolation of being out on the water — to build tension that feels grounded rather than exaggerated. That setting, more than any twist in the plot, gives the story its distinct texture among crime dramas. It's part of a wave of Malayalam-language films that trade glossy urban backdrops for working-class settings, letting the pressures of a specific trade — in this case, life on a fishing boat — shape how the mystery unfolds rather than treating the location as mere scenery.
Where & how to watch
The film is available on K-Time with a free account login; the page itself can be read without signing up. It comes with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, part of the platform's push to make regional cinema from outside Iran accessible to Farsi-speaking audiences without losing the film's original voice.