Religion, politics and sex make strange but recognizable bed fellows. Season 2 of the series Suzhal sustains its sophomore momentum by putting some of the characters from the original into situations that are not what they seem. The actors are in confident hands this time, as much as they were when the Tamil series first struck a note of foreboding three years ago.

Suzhal in Tamil on Amazon Prime Video, in 8 Episodes which streamed in 2022, had us agog. Its setting, actors, and treatment of a complex storyline generated ample curiosity, more so since the narrative constantly remained ahead of us as two cops, Sakkarai (Kathir) and Regina (Shreya Reddy) tried to solve the mystery behind the disappearance of a young girl Nila (Gopika Ramesh) the younger daughter of a union leader Shanmugan (Parthiban Radhakrishnan) who had this very strange propensity to repel those close to him.

I am not too sure...