Aattam can be seen as a whodunnit, but that isn’t the point of the film. Its focus isn’t so much on who committed the crime than who enabled the perpetrator.
With an extensive cast that includes Vinay Forrt and Zarin Shihab among others, the film portrays how the members of a theatre group react to certain incidents,
There's no simple way to describe Anand Ekarshi's debut feature Aattam (The Play). It is both a play and a movie. It is also a play within a play within a movie. It is also a courtroom drama, albeit sans a courtroom. However, above all, Aattam stands out as one of the most brilliant Malayalam movies in recent times.