‘Avial’ movie review: A muddled coming-of-age drama

A patchy effort from director Shanil Muhammed, who earlier enthralled with ‘Philips And The Monkey Pen’

A patchy effort from director Shanil Muhammed, who earlier enthralled with ‘Philips And The Monkey Pen’

A protagonist’s evolution could be on account of varied components, however going by among the current films with coming-of-age themes, it occurs primarily on account of a collection of relationships.

In Shanil Muhammed’s Aviyal too, that doesn’t change a lot with the script specializing in 4 phases from the lifetime of the protagonist Krishnan, every representing a unique relationship.

The movie is structured as a dialog between musician Krishnan (Joju George) and his daughter (Anaswara Rajan). To console the daughter who’s down and out after a break-up, he begins recounting occasions from his life on the drive again dwelling. Though one can’t be certain whether or not he supposed these as life classes (for many of it sound like cautionary tales), the daughter, to her credit score, does move some deservedly harsh judgements on her father’s previous conduct.

The duo has principally a cameo look, with debutant Sirajudeen Nazar making his presence felt as Krishnan, present process convincing transformations via the 4 phases of his life. The newcomer’s efficiency and transformations, from a college boy to a lazy school pupil to a drug-addicted rock musician to a drunkard who turns into a burden for his spouse, are among the few positives of the movie. He has pulled off a job that seasoned actors would dream of, bringing about full adjustments in physique language to replicate his progress.

Aviyal

Director: Shanil Muhammed

Solid: Sirajudeen Nazar, Joju George, Anaswara Rajan, Ketaki Narayan, Anjali Nair

However this time-consuming effort shouldn’t be backed by some strong writing that would have gone a great distance in direction of elevating the movie. Shanil Muhammed, who wrote and co-directed the pleasant ‘Philips And The Monkey Pen’, makes a patchy effort right here along with his pen. He has written some convincing preliminary parts, when the protagonist is in school and school, however the script turns into quite muddled and shallow, paradoxically because the protagonist grows up. The 4 ladies in these 4 phases, besides one, don’t even have a lot scope for efficiency.

It’s commendable that Krishnan shouldn’t be proven in a constructive mild all via, though he’s narrating his life story to his daughter, however it will appear there may be nothing else to his life besides the few ladies whom he got here throughout.

For a musician, even the music turns into a sideshow, used virtually all the time within the film as means for Krishnan to impress ladies. That might probably be why they forgot to refill the blanks ultimately, to inform us how he grew to become the level-headed musician that he’s now. The part of his life that showcases him as a drowned-in-drugs rock musician in Goa additionally turns into the weakest hyperlink of the movie.

Aviyal’s narrative, displaying the transformation of a younger harmless boy right into a decadent, angsty youth on the way in which to grow to be a sober grownup, takes a well-recognized route. Solely components of that life story enchantment to us, whereas the absence of an impactful occasion stays as a downer.

Aviyal is at the moment operating in theatres

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