After doing two back to back thrilling and action based films, Oppam and Pulimurgan, Mohanlal has come out with an extraordinary story of an ordinary family. His new film Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, which is loosely based on the Malayalam short story Pranayopanishad, looks like a drag for the first 30 minutes. You may also start worrying that the film is likely to put you to sleep by narrating the complex political situation of a small town in Kerala. At the same time, you also feel sorry for the grumpy faced panchayat secretary, Ulahannan (Mohanlal), who has a boring and routine life. The film even opens with Ulahannan dozing off in a public bus to establish how uninteresting his life is.