Kishkindha Kanda

 What does Kishkindha Kanda mean?

It is a section or chapter in Kishkindha, the mythical kingdom of monkeys, in the journey of Rama in search of Sita—his journey towards self-realization and truth. In this movie as well, people living in a kingdom surrounded by monkeys are on a never-ending journey towards self-realization and truth, or what they perceive to be the truth.

Throughout the movie, there is an underlying theme of a quest: a quest for a lost gun, a quest for a lost child, and a quest for lost memory. Interestingly, neither the gun nor the child was ever lost—nor was the memory, if we look at it that way. Appu Pillai repeatedly finds ways to retrieve his lost memory but prefers to literally burn it and repeat the journey all over again. We easily notice that the character Appu Pillai goes through this cycle repeatedly. But aren't the other two lead characters doing the same? Both are on a quest to find the child, though they take different journeys. One knows the truth, while the other eventually learns it but still chooses to follow the same path.

Is this the connection with the Ramayana? Forsaking what they were searching for in the end?

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