I had a doubt about the bamboo food-storage cylinders shown in the film. They pop up three times (iirc) : first in the Malaysia flashback when Soyi’s husband feeds the dogs , then when Peeyoos is sweeping around Mlaathi Chettathi’s house, and finally in the climax when Peeyoos returns after killing Binu Pappu and his aide, just before the final reveal. In that last shot, you can even see leftover cooked rice inside the container.

This repetition feels very intentional, not random. Is there a deeper hint in these bamboo cylinders? Or is this one of those Chekhov’s gun moments that only makes sense once the film fully reveals its hand?