What made Naal interesting was the fact that Chaitya’s biological mother was not the lady who he thought of as his mother. Now, this confusion between why Chaitya is brought up by Sumi and not his biological mother was never revealed in the first part. At times, it also felt like Chaitya’s current mother is his father’s second wife but in the second part, it was revealed that the boy belongs to a different set of parents.
The second part, I thought, would revolve entirely around the boy’s struggle to find out the truth and question his real parents about why he was given up. But that did not happen and to be honest, it was quite disappointing. Chaitya is said to be given up due to his brother’s condition but that does not mean the parents have disowned their second son. The way the bond is shown between his own parents and him is a bit unsettling. Maintaining the distance so that their son feels at home with people who are not their actual parents is understandable but yet, more scenes highlighting the emotional tension (and connect, of course) would have been appreciable. The reason being that is what was expected from this sequel.
Speaking of Naal 2, it revolves around Chaitya and his struggle to make his little sister, Chimi, accept him as an older brother. While the baby sister is busy protecting the eldest due to his disorder and medical condition, this brother feels neglected, often an outsider. There is nothing more to tell about this film. Any scenes that we can speak of? Not really as the story progresses real slow. It is a good one time watch though but at some places, it feels like the film is made half-heartedly especially when compared to the first part.
If you watched the Naal, there is no harm in watching Naal 2.
