The film tells the story of Alphonso, a man who chooses to suffer a slow, torturous life in his little village, Mahe, in preference to fortunes and pleasures away from it.
The film stars Raghuvaran, Srividya, Rajan P. Dev and Malavika.
The novel, published in 1989 by D. C. Books, is considered a sequel to Mukundan's magnum opus Mayyazhipuzhayude Theerangalil.
It was translated to English under the title God's Mischief by Penguin Books in 2002.
The film featured a poem, Irulin Mahanidrayil, written and rendered by poet V. Madhusudanan Nair .