I saw the film with subtitles as that helped me to understand the language well.
Well, below is my understanding of the narration ( Read this after you have seen the movie)
FYI - Meaning of Construct - an idea or theory containing various conceptual elements, typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence.
1) The first scene is important, Gynaec clearly says deepthi that she is undergoing a treatment for some ailment (possibly psychological/mental disturbance issues) and she should try to be happy and not fret over things. Neither does deepthi have a recollection of her last periods nor Deepthi seems very happy about her pregnancy as well. She tries to call Anoop, he does not pick up. We ( the viewers) can see on her call list that she had recently spoken to her Dad and also Shelby ( Anoops business partner)
2) The second sequence of deepthi -anoops slow-mo, No dialogue fight is a actually the Directors Construct of the story. He is setting up a pretext that there is disharmony between the couple and they are having a fight. You can see from this slow-mo fight that deepthi is the one who is more aggressive and gets into a rage of fit and starts throwing plates, glass, decorative pieces on the floor. She is clearly exhibiting psychotic behaviour. We as a viewer assume that she is very very angry and justify her actions. The fight leads to deepthis head getting smashed into a glass frame of their photo. That is when the camera pans in on the broken frame of the couple. The couples picture is of Deepthis head "over" Anoops head. The name of the film shows up as "LOVE" . What ensues now has nothing to do with Love. It is a deception. This is the end of "Directors Construct".
3) As deepthis head smashes the glass frame, its shown that she is dead. As a viewer it is shocking and disbelief that someone could die instantly with head smashing on a glass photo frame. One could get injured surely but die instantly ? This is where "Depthi's Construct" starts. This is the part were Deepthi is imagining sequence of events while she is deconstructing Anoops character personality. And this is the main deception in the narration. For the viewer it feels that this part starts Anoops Construct, which is incorrect. "Deepthis construct" is happening on her travel from hospital to her home. In this "Deepthis construct" she imagines her husband to be a person who consumes premium scotch in day time, lack of cleanliness( dirty plates in kitchen, strewn glass and artifacts on floor) ; cheats with another married women and lies to her; has heavy loss in business, has suicidal tendencies; has a violent streak; has zero business sense; pusillanimous ( allows his business partner to sleep with his wife); inspite of all tribulations he happily plays video games at home. So she is imagining her husband with all such shortcomings which are showcased (mental projections) by the two actors Gokul and Sudhi. She is imaging that her husband would not blink a eye ( reference to regular closeup shots of his eye) before killing her ruthlessly. In this Construct it is shown that her eyes are always open and looking at Anoop constantly even though she is a corpse now. This symbolises it is actually her vision of things happening. She also imagines that her husband is so stupid that he checks youtube video to see how to dispose a human corpse. She keeps herself in high regard in her CONSTRUCT where she is imagining the other women (Anoops/ Sudhi's girlfriend) is praising deepthi of her intelligence and talent( looking at all the awards in the bedroom which deepthi received) . If it was Anoops construct he would not imagine his mistress/ girlfriend praising deepthi unnecessarily.
4) Deepthis fathers entry scene. The scene were both Deepthis father and Anoop are "sitting" and talking, this is a real event. That means her father comes home and has a cordial discussion. Her father hints that deepthi has been anxious about something and has informed her mother. He seems like a father who is concerned about her daughter conditon (possibly mental) and the effect on her marriage to anoop. But Anoop says he will manage it and that is the actual end of the real conversation and real event. The next scene where they both get up and talk and deepthis father slapping Anoop is actually "Deepthis Construct" , her mental projection of her "protective" dad teaching a lesson to her a "wicked" husband. In deepthis construct she also imagines Haritha calling Anoop and talking about their relationship.
5) Pre-climax : Deepthi's actual entry to the house from her visit to hospital, she immediately confronts Anoop about lack of Cleanliness (dirty dishes), about his poor business sense; his cheating with other women and getting women to their bedroom. Here, as a viewer we understand that deepthi did not inform Anoop that she went to hospital and Anoop seems normally happy to know about pregnancy and he proposes a celebration as well. Deepthi does not seem to be upbeat about her pregnancy. But deepthi continues with her suspicion and she claims she has snapshot of his conversation with the other women and also call records! Anoop says these are events of the past. At this point, Anoop clearly says that if she could hack and get into his phone while he was sleeping, she could also KILL him anytime! Saying this he plans to storm out of the house as he cannot take the nagging anymore. She physically confronts Anoop, at this point Anoop looses temper and hits her with a clothes iron on the left cheek. At this point, again the viewers assume that deepthi is dead. This is the point the fight goes out of hand and deepthi cuts Anoops throat with a knife. Earlier in deepthi's construct she has always mentally projected about killing a human being with knife (Gokuls projection).
6. Deepthi is stopped by police car and she is found with Anoops body in the car trunk and she is as much in a shock and zombie like state in a disbeleif that she has killed her own husband because of her overthinking, suspicious behaviour. It underlines the fact that she has some psychologial problem for which she was undergoing treatment at the hospital ( as mentioned by the gynaec in first scene). Also she has a wound on the left cheek by the clothes iron hit by anoop.
7. Was there Love in the relationship, yes, it is evident from the many photos of the couple in their house. Plus anoop is shown caring towards her in pre-climax. Yes there is a 8 week pregnancy borne out of love between the couple. Whose child is she carrying? Anoops or Shelbys? We can see that she was in touch with Shelby ( as per her call list scene) but that is inconclusive to say about the father of the child.
But the main context of the story is not exactly Love it is deception.
For a story to be shot during pandemic with minimal resources, this is an excellent effort and some deep thinking.
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