Aavesham Cast: Fahadh Faasil, Sajin Gopu, Hipster, Mithun Jai Shankar, Roshan Shanavas, Midhutty, Mansoor Ali Khan, Ashish Vidyarthi
Crew:
Cinematography by Sameer Thahir
Music by Sushin Shyam
Editing by Vivek Harshan
Written & Directed by Jithu Madhavan
Produced by Nazriya Nazim, Anwar Rasheed
Aavesham Movie Rating: 3.0/5
Fahadh Faasil has been busy with Pan-India projects from other languages like Vettaiyan with Superstar Rajinikanth and Pushpa 2 with Allu Arjun. His Malayalam film fans have been missing him in their own language. Also, with Malayalam cinema being in great form in 2024, many wanted him to even deliver a big comeback blockbuster in Malayalam language. He joined hands with Romancham director Jithu Madhavan for this flamboyant film. With huge expectations, Aavesham released for Vishu festival on 11th April, all-over. Let’s discuss about the film in detail.
Plot:
College going boys Shanthan(Roshan Shahnavaz), Bibi(Mithun Jai Shankar) and Ajaz(Hipster) get harrassed by their seniors in Bengaluru hostel upon arrival. They want these boys to be their slaves, for the lack of another apt word. While they pretend to be friends with their seniors, they try to befriend a popular gangster to reverse their situation. In their search, they meet colorful and flamboyant Ranga(Fahadh Faasil) and his aide Amban(Sajin Gopu). But they get vexed with Ranga’s attitude. Why? How will they get rid of him? Can they? Watch the movie, Aavesham for answers.
Analysis:
Fahadh Faasil has been proving himself as one of the best performers in current Indian Cinema. He has grown as a Pan-Indian famed actor and now, he is being part of many other language films along with Malayalam. His performance in this Malayalam comeback after a gap is ultimate. He seems to have decided to choosy for his Malayalam audiences and Aavesham is a treat for his fans. As Ranga, his comic timing, his mannerisms, screen presence everything stands out. It becomes his film since the moment he fires up the screen till the last moment he is seen. Such a charismatic performance makes this movie watchable just for him.
His chemistry with Amban character and their comic scenes work out really well. Even other actors have given decent performances but FAFA overshadowed everyone with his Aavesham. The writing from Jithu Madhavan is completely surrounded around Ranga character and while it works, it is also the drawback for this one. While we cheer and whistle every time we see Ranga, other portions don’t really stand in comparison. He undercooked those portions and slightly over served Ranga at places. The balance between the story and major character’s dynamics with other leads could have been worked out better like in Munnabhai MBBS.
While Ranga and Amban do remind us of Munna Bhai and Circuit, this duo is different , massy and awesome. But they needed some more material to really nail it down. Well, there are chances of a sequel that would be Ranga centric with the way film has been concluded. Hence, we can expect the director to deliver even much better meal than this one. Like Maari, Ranga is also a different character with attitude for Indian Cinema and hopefully, whenever sequel happens, we get to see it in full rage mode along with comedy and emotional angles with even more depth.
Movie works majorly because of novelty in Ranga character and director could create enough moments to not let it wear off. Still, other characters could have been used better. Editing and music could have been even better but this seems to be adequate too. The theme about false ego and false prestige which harm you more than any vices could have been brought out better, too. On the whole, for Fahadh Faasil, you can watch this movie without any second thought.
Positives:
Fahadh Faasil’s performance
Ranga and Amban brotherhood and chemistry
Comic scenes featuring Ranga
Action cuts
Negatives:
A stretchy second hour
Drop in Momentum post interval
Less Laugh Out Loud moments in second hour
Aavesham Movie Bottom-line: For FAFAA!