anoop menon proves he is a maverick .close on the heels of his landmark performance in thirakkadha he ventures into new territory.pakal nakshathrangal is one of the most riveting and original screenplays ever in the history of malayalam cinema.anoop breaks almost every rule laid down in the annals of mallu screen writng and boldly executes a novel tantra.mohanlal gels so well with his writing style that we wonder anoop should be writing only for lal.