"The Elder One" concerns itself with an arduous quest to find a missing relative. But this tale of two siblings, who each leave home for their own reasons, expands the scope of Mohandas' already-generous sense of the diversity of the Indian experience. Stealing a small and hardly seaworthy fishing boat, 14-year-old Mulla (Sanjana Dipu) flees the sleepy, idyllic island of Lakshadweep for the crowded bustle of Mumbai. Akbar (Nivin Pauly), Mulla's elder brother, left for the city some years before, and Mulla - with only a phone number to rely on - is convinced the two can reunite there. But upon arrival, Mulla immediately falls in with a gang of criminal orphans, receiving a crash course in survival skills for Mumbai's criminal underground. In the midst of Mulla's story, Mohandas takes us back to the days leading up to Akbar's departure from Lakshadweep, when he met mute Ameer (Roshan Mathew) sent to the island for an unwanted arranged marriage. Their gay affection will alter the course of both of their lives. Alternating between...
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