Featuring 86 newcomers, Angamaly Diaries presents an array of characters with quirks and timidities. The pickpocket who delivers musical numbers with animated hands, but hugs a tree to prepare a bomb to save his face even if he loses his hands. The smooth talker who insists on celebrating every deal by gulping down exactly 10 ml alcohol. The woman who confesses her love for the man who recently dumped her friend. The fixer who insists on having his food even if his guests want to discuss a serious matter. The cop who tells criminals with clinical calm to not run and waste his time. The father who is more concerned about keeping his land for his daughter’s marriage even if his son is about to go to jail. The goon who can kill but can’t control his brother-in-law. This is a film bursting at the seams, and there is no red carpet in the proceedings to muffle the screams. In scorching heat, violence erupts in feverish pitch, and Gireesh Ganghadaran’s lens arrests it with determined lust, not letting go of a single grain of intensity and ferocity.