Major plot hole in Balan? Looking for explanation/clarification
Only posting here since r/MalayalamMovies would not allow me to post there due to want of karma.🤷
*SPOILER ALERT* Only intended for people who have watched the movie.
So I watched the movie a few days back and really enjoyed the first half and so I was expecting a killer second half. But I felt the second half was kind of a let down compared to the first half. I thought the Tovino portion was kind of laggy but what agitated me the most about the movie was, at least in my opinion, a major plot hole in the story.
I'm referring to the part where the mom escapes the crime scene after framing the innocent lady as the culprit. I just cannot wrap my head around the reason for the mom not going to Balan then itself to pick him and just escape with him.
Since we know that she escaped the crime scene without anyone finding out it's her who did it and she slipped out the back of the house, she could have just taken her normal every day route to Balan's bus stop and could have just picked him up and left. I don't know what prevented her. It's obvious that the other lady was framed and obviously people don't expect her to be culprit, so why didn't she just pick Balan that day itself? Why the hell did we have to go through the years of waiting? I just cannot wrap my head around it. I thought this was very sloppy writing, and I would have really liked the movie if they had thought of a better way to handle this situation.
I donno if others also felt the same way, but I'm really hoping for someone to give me a clarification/explanation to this issue I just pointed out here.