Maranamass ending explained: Basil Joseph’s Luke PP was able to stop serial killer SK?

Basil Joseph leads Maranamass, which gives a quirky twist to the grim tale of a serial killer. The latest Malayalam dark comedy stars Basil Joseph as Luke PP, who finds himself in a spot when the whole town, including the police and his lover, believes that he is the serial killer who has been targeting elderly people. So was Basil Joseph’s Luke PP able to stop serial killer SK (Rajesh Madhavan) and prove his innocence? Read on to know what happens at the end of Maranamass, but be warned of spoilers!

Maranamass ending explained: Basil Joseph stopped the serial killer?

Serial killer, aka SK, boards a bus as he targets his next victim, a creepy Keshava Kurup. But the perverted old man dies before SK can whip out his weapon as Luke’s girlfriend Jessy attacks him with a pepper spray. Now, all that SK wants is the corpse to leave his ‘trademark’ markings on the victim, that gave him the name banana killer. As Jessy breaks down in tears, SK offers to get rid of the body, trying to mirror his appearance as Chacha Ji. The bus conductor, driver and Jessy agree to this.

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However, his plans get spoiled as Luke forcefully enters the bus to meet Jessy before he leaves for Czechoslovakia. More comedy and chaos unfold as they decide to put the dead body in a coffin at the church graveyard. But their attempts suffer a setback as Aruvi realises that the old man is his missing father as they both have the same tattoo. The corpse, the men and Jessy all return to the bus where Luke gets high and puts his jacket on the old man.

After more chaotic scenes involving kids and the police, SK eventually manage to leave the bus with the corpse. Though the rest are relieved, Luke realises that the old man as his jacket, which could lead to the police confirming their suspicion.

The drone of a couple, out to shoot a save-the-date in the middle of the night, comes to his aid as Luke tracks down the SK’s path. Luke and SK clash at a dumpyard with the killer almost even trying to kill the youth by hanging him. The rest of Luke’s gang then makes a timely entry in the bus, and saves him. In a final showdown, Luke and the rest tie up SK. Luke wins back the love of Jessy.

They also decide to cremate the old man in the dumpyard itself, and after lighting the pyre, they leave. But SK frees himself and even takes out the half-burned body from the fire. But the police make their last-minute entry, along with Luke and the gang. The post-credits scene how SK’s father was killed by a poisoned banana, and how he wanted to wreak revenge on his father’s friends for this.

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