Kerala Cafe is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language anthology film consisting of ten short film segments, directed by Ranjith, M. Padmakumar, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Shaji Kailas, Uday Ananthan, Anjali Menon, B. Unnikrishnan, Shyamaprasad, Anwar Rasheed, Revathy, and Lal Jose.
The film stars an ensemble cast of Mammootty, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Fahadh Faasil, Dileep, Suresh Gopi, Jayasurya, Rahman, Navya Nair, Jyothirmayi, Rima Kallingal, Nithya Menen, Sona Nair, Siddique, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sreenivasan, Anoop Menon, Suraj Venjaramoodu, and Salim Kumar.
Having signed a deal to sell off his ancestral mansion, enrolling his kids in a boarding school, and making fake promises to his old friend, he flies back to Dubai, to commence his nostalgic laments all over again.
Mrityunjayam has a journalist doing an investigative story on a spooky old 'Mana' (ancestral Kerala house) that in its owner's own words is a 'very different and peculiar place'.
A middle aged man delights himself with a bit of flirting with a young girl sitting beside him on a bus from Ernakulam to Kozhikode.
His hopes of earning some quick money are dashed when he learns that they are broke and have actually traveled all the way from Lisbon looking for work in India.
But Kunjappai and the couple bond well, and soon all's well that ends well Bridge illustrates the very obvious symbols of loss, misery and desolation.
His anger and impatience at the slow moving vehicle is being amusedly watched by a fellow passenger who gulps down his own memories.
The independent narratives integrate when, during these journeys, their characters pass through Kerala Cafe—a quaint railway cafeteria—thereby creating a joint mosaic of issues and impressions.
The project features ten different stories from different settings in Kerala, providing ample scope for a diverse bouquet of visual styles.
Giving it four stars out of five, Nowrunning.com commented: "Open up this box of assorted candies, and you see them all laid out on a salver, quite uneven in manner and matter, posture and perspective and yet it all builds into something quite incredible that makes this ambitious enterprise a fascinating filmic feast.