"Monologue" is a film about perceptions or specifically the duality of perceptions.From Adoor's own words Ajayan is both introvert and extrovert at the same time. Duality plays a key role in the film, as a media film itself is dual in nature. We know what we see is fiction, but it's by convincing the viewers into believing in the film it succeeds. The film shows us two stories, both narrated by Ajayan like a monologue. After the first story, there seems to be something missing and the second is told like telling the odd number of events first and then the even number of events. But there still seem to be some parts which happened outside the frame. The Malayalam title "Anantaram" (translation: Thereafter) suggests either about the events being consequences or about the after effects. Full review at http://www.asianfilmvault.com/2017/09/monologue-1987-by- adoor-gopalakrishnan.html
