Bala’s investigations into humanity's darker aspects have been most effective when they were organically woven into the story's fabric. In Pithamagan, Sithan’s upbringing in a graveyard and his work as a drug courier meant tragedy was inevitable for those around him. Similarly, Naan Kadaval presented Hamsavalli, a visually impaired woman forced to beg, seeking freedom, which she finds through the Aghori Rudhran. Howe…