Aadujeevitham The Goat Life Review: A Survival Tale That Makes Prithviraj G.O.A.T In Malayalam Industry

“When Blessy began the film, his hair was black [now it’s all grey],” stated AR Rahman jokingly throughout one of many promotional occasions for Aadujeevitham — The Goat Life. And that’s how lengthy Blessy was engaged on this movie. To place it precisely, he was related to the film for 16 years. Aadujeevitham — The Goat Life, which launched right this moment, March 28, 2024, has been within the talks since 2008 and was a extremely anticipated pan-Indian movie starring Prithviraj Sukumaran within the lead position of Najeeb Muhammad, on whom the film relies.

A 3-hour lengthy saga, the movie takes off slowly giving sufficient glimpses and backstory of the lead character and the way he leads to the huge deserts of Masara, Saudi Arabia. Surrounded by dunes and solely goats and camels to work together with, Najeeb is stranded in a desolate village the place he’s tortured brutally as a slave. The unique story, which Benyamin penned in his in style novel, The Goat Days, has 43 chapters, and it’s understandably tough to translate the story precisely right into a 3-hour movie. Therefore, there are specific points that the film misses out on, which might have given some extra emotional quotient to the viewer.

As an example, Amala Paul, who performs the position of Sainu, Najeeb’s pregnant spouse, solely has 2 flashback scenes to ascertain her position and relation with the lead character. For these, who haven’t learn the ebook and even for many who have learn the ebook, you’ll discover it to be disappointing that Blessy determined to maintain it extraordinarily restricted with regards to Najeeb’s household.

The movie builds up and likewise showcases a few of the hardships that Najeeb skilled throughout his time on the village surrounded by goats and camels. With nearly no meals and restricted water, Blessy has aced the a part of showcasing the hardships slowly and step by step as and when the time goes by. A clean-shaven and wholesome Najeeb, who lands in Saudi Arabia, transforms into an individual with dreadlocks, a stiff beard, skinny pores and skin, and bones over time, and Prithviraj, together with his performing, has certainly purchased the horrendous time that Najeeb went by again to life. One can solely surprise how a human being may have survived and gone by what Najeeb handled for years.

Although the challenges of adaptation are clear, sure parts and scenes within the movie present how Najeeb ultimately begins relating with the goats and the way even a small gesture by the animals is the one kindness that Najeeb can get throughout his time within the desert. Amidst all of the torture, and failed makes an attempt to get escape, in comes the angel — Ibrahim Qadri, performed by Hollywood actor Jimmy Jean Louis. That is the place the movie begins to achieve momentum and showcases not simply Najeeb, but in addition Hakim and Ibrahim’s try to make it again to the civilised societies or to the protected place they name house.

Miles and miles of infinite desert, daunting warmth and to make all of it worse, no water or meals. The trio follows the best way the solar heads. Nevertheless, out of the three solely two survive the take a look at of time. With the fireplace of hope about to die, Najeeb rolls down a steep sand hill to see himself rolling on the roads after days of painful walks within the desert. Prithviraj with each blink of his eye and each decibel of his voice exhibits how grateful he’s to an Arab who picks him up from the highway and drops him within the metropolis of Saudi Arabia.

As soon as he’s again to life, Najeeb is deported again to his hometown on his method into the flight, climbing the steps on the Tarmac, Najeeb appears to be like again with tears and pleasure in his eyes, that is the place Blessy leaves you. Feeling incomplete but? That’s precisely the emotion that was felt all through the cinema corridor when the film ended. It lacked the ultimate emotional facet of Najeeb reuniting together with his mom, and spouse and seeing his new child for the primary time since her start. Why did Blessy depart all of this to our creativeness is one thing that solely he would know. However in addition to this, performing, cinematography, story, and screenplay, every part makes it a cinematic expertise you shouldn’t miss out on.