They start a pork business by purchasing pigs wholesale from Ravi and Rajan, who have become the leading merchants in the neighbourhood after their release from prison.

To resolve the court case, Pepe's team has to turn to increasingly illegal activities to raise money to pay off Ravi and Rajan and their friends.

While Pepe is waiting for his Dubai visa to come through and celebrating a festival, they give the final payoff to Ravi and Rajan who pass on a portion to the cousins of the victim.

2016: Pepe marries Lichi and is a construction worker in Dubai, from where he still calls home regularly and also misses his life in Angamaly.

[2] Angamaly Diaries received positive reviews from critics who praised its realistic making, cinematography, performances and action sequences.

Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter termed the film as a "rambunctious breakout" and praised the climax describing it as "dazzling, can’t-look-away finale, shot in a single 12-minute take that throws in everything plus the kitchen sink and brings the story to a shrill conclusion".

She added, "Chemban has weaved in the dialect, food, music and culture of the people in Angamaly to the plot, paying careful attention to every intricate detail, while making it an engaging movie.

"[13] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost gave 4 out of 5 stars and called it as a "delightful, unexpectedly hilarious take on the squalid underbelly of Kerala’s Angamaly town.".

Because if you think about it, Angamaly Diaries – funny and insightful in equal measure – does not have a story in the conventional sense, yet that, among so many other reasons, is what makes it brilliant.

The ceaseless squabbles for honour, money and might render it a land with almost dystopian proportions, where a terrifyingly realistic tale of subsistence unfurls.

"[15] Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South wrote "Like last year’s Kannada blockbuster Kirik Party, Angamaly Diaries is proof that these relatively under-the-radar upstart films are making far better use of mainstream tropes – fights, songs, comedy – than your average mega-budget big-star vehicle...like Premam, Angamaly Diaries places a certain kind of small-town, short-fused masculinity under a microscope.