Lokah on JioHotstar: Plot, opening credits with Moothon-Ishtar tale, what is the link to Chandra and post-credit sequences explained

Lokah Chapter 1 Chandra: From the plot to the opening credits with Ishtar-Moothon and its link to Chandra and the post-credit scene, here’s everything you need to know about Kalyani's Lokah-verse.

Lokah opening credit scenes, Kalyani Priyadarshan as Chandra

Lokah Chapter 1 Chandra finally hit the digital space on JioHotstar and OTTplay Premium on October 31, 2025, much to the delight of fans who were eagerly waiting to watch (or re-watch) the Kalyani Priyadarshan-led film. If you have already watched the record-breaking Malayalam film revolving around Chandra, but are wondering if you caught all the easer eggs, we have got you covered. The film brilliantly weaves in the ancient Mesopotamian elements and Malayalam folklore characters, even while narrating a modern superhero film. From the Lokah plot to what the opening credits with Ishtar-Moothon tale mean and its link to Chandra, the much-discussed post-credit scene, here’s everything you need to know about the Lokah-verse with five installments.

Lokah plot

Directed and written by Dominic Arjun, the Lokah plot follows Chandra as she moves to the city but makes enemies with an evil cop who is part of an organ trafficking ring. Chandra also finds an admirer in the neighbourhood lad Sunny (Naslen) who seeks to rescue her from the goons, but soon realise that she is no ordinary woman. The rest of the film narrates Chandra’s origin tale of Kalliyankattu Neeli (yakshi or vampire from Malayalam folklore), and introduces others like her!

What does Lokah opening credits show about Ishtar-Moothon tale

With animated visuals, the Lokah opening credits narrate the tale of the supreme figure Mother, who sends Moothon (The Elder voiced by Mammootty) to harvest energy. Moothon lands on Earth, enlightens humans about various power sources and seeks to protect them from Mother. As per one fan theory, Mother then sends her daughter Ishtar to the Earth to bring back Moothon, but they get into a conflict. Ishtar, ancient goddess of war and love, is widely being believed to be the arch-nemesis of Moothon. The opening credits ends with a space ship crashing into the ocean.

What's Chandra’s link to Ishtar

Chandra, who is actually Kaliyankattu Neeli, gets infected by the virus that gave her superpowers in a cave which also had a headless statue of what looked like a woman warrior. The head was lying next to the statue, and as the young Neeli touches it, she gets bitten by a flock of bats but she overcomes the virus infection to attain superhuman powers. Is the statue that of Ishtar and does the head being severed from the body hint Moothon’s triumph over Ishtar.

The film’s opening scenes also hint that Moothon and Chandra may have had a difference of opinion but Nishanth Sagar’s Prakash assuring her that she is still like a daughter to The Elder. The idea of a powerful female villain in Malayalam’s first woman superhero film also deserves to put the spotlight on Lokah co-writer Santhy Balachandran.

What Lokah post-credit sequences showed

Lokah has not one but two post-credit sequences. The first one featured Dulquer Salmaan, who also took the responsibility of first producing the film, appears as the sword-wielding Charlie or Odiyan (another character from Malayalam folklore). DQ’s Charlie is slated to lead another Chapter of Lokah, but the second one will be about Tovino Thomas’ goofy Chathan (Micheal).

The second Lokah post-credit sequence shows Chathan being told about a mysterious cave where a group of archaeologists go missing after entering it with a monk, who alone returned. The monk had warned the rest of the group from proceeding after a point, and the only evidence they got is a photo of a rugged man who has stark similarities to Micheal. But Chathan tells that he as many as 389 siblings who all look like him. Lokah Chapter 1 ends there for sure but what caught our attention is that the cave where the archaeologists vanished could be the one where Chandra got infected as well, clearly showing a thread that connects the Moothon-Ishtar tale to Neeli and Chathan.

Also read: Lokah ending explained: Will Naslen’s Sunny return in Chapter 2 to reunite with Kalyani Priyadarshan’s Chandra?

FAQs

Q. Where can we watch Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra?

A. You can watch Lokah Chapter 1 Chandra on JioHotstar via OTTplay Premium.

Q. Who is Chandra in Lokah?

A. Actress Kalyani Priyadarshan plays Chandra in Lokah.

Q. Has Lokah released on OTT?

A. Lokah Chapter 1 Chandra released on JioHotstar via OTTplay Premium at 12 am on October 31. Actress Kalyani Priyadarshan leads this blockbuster Malayalam film.

Q. What is the story of Lokah?

A. The story of Lokah focusses on a mysterious woman named Chandra, who moves to Bengaluru, and gets entangled with an organ trafficking group. Three youths in the neighbourhood also take an interest and seeks to know more about her but are startled to realise that she in fact has superhuman powers.

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