Angamaly Diaries

2001: Vincent Pepe is a resident in Angamaly, which is a medium-sized suburb of Kochi near the airport. In the middle school, Pepe and his friends put together an unofficial “team”, a kind-of-pretend gang. They hero-worshipped the leading team of their area at that time, which was led by Babuji and his lieutenant Thomas. They are used to exercising with them and listen to their advice on fighting and strategy. As young men, Pepe and his friends get into their first fight with outsiders, who were bothering the neighbourhood girls.

2008: Pepe starts his first sweet romance with a local girl named Seema, whom he had known since school days. However, the innocent phase ends with Babuji getting killed by two local boys Ravi and Rajan, who are sent to prison for the murder.

2013: Pepe still has the same friends and Babuji’s friend Thomas has become a member of their team in an adviser capacity. Pepe is seriously dating a nursing student from Germany and looking for a way to build a business that can support himself and his friends. They start a pork business by purchasing pigs wholesale from Ravi and Rajan, who have become the leading merchants in the neighbourhood after their release from prison. Later, Pepe and his friends start their own pig farm and set up a wholesale business rivalling Ravi and Rajan.

During a discussion between the two groups, Pepe and his friends and Ravi and Rajan’s young followers led by Ravi’s brother-in-law get into a fight, where Pepe accidentally kills one of them. To resolve the court case, Pepe’s team has to turn to increasingly illegal activities to raise money to pay off Ravi and Rajan and their friends. They open an illegal poker hall and manage to raise funds. With the case hanging over him, Pepe feels obligated to end his relationship with the nursing student.

At this point, Lily “Lichi” David, who is Pepe’s friend’s older sister, returns to the area, where she starts spending more time with Pepe despite the court case hanging over him. The court case is settled, but Pepe is still in danger because the person he accidentally killed has cousins who have come to Angamaly for revenge. Ravi and Rajan act as go-betweens and try to keep the situation calm, but it is still a problem and Pepe needs to leave town. While Pepe is waiting for his Dubai visa to come through and celebrating a festival, they give the final payoff to Ravi and Rajan who pass on a portion to the cousins of the victim. However, the cousins are still angry and plan to attack Pepe after they receive all the money they can.

2014: During the evening festival celebrations, the brother-in-law of Ravi is stabbing Ravi and Thomas, and attack Rajan as they learn that they received only 4 lakh out of 30 lakhs Pepe paid them that was accidentally said by Thomas while having alcohol. During the fight, Ravi’s brother-in-law is chased into the fireworks display and everyone watches in stunned silence as his body is charred by thousands of fireworks.

2016: Pepe marries Lichi and is a construction worker in Dubai, from where he still calls home regularly and also misses his life in Angamaly.

Last Updated: September 24, 2025 at 01:05