Aviyal (2022 Film)
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''Aviyal'' is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language film, written and directed by Shanil, who had earlier co-directed '' Philips and the Monkey Pen'' along with
Rojin Thomas Rojin Thomas is an Indian film director and script writer who works in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. He made his directional debut with ''Philips and the Monkey Pen'' (2013), directed along with Shanil Muhammed. His second film ...
. The film produced by Sujith Surendran, starring
Joju George Joseph "Joju" George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer, director, writer and producer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema along with Tamil, and Telugu cinemas. In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award †...
and
Anaswara Rajan Anaswara Rajan (born 8 September 2002) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam films. She made her acting debut as a child artist in '' Udaharanam Sujatha'' (2017). She received praises for playing a college student in '' Super ...
in lead roles of father and daughter respectively was released with mixed reviews. Actor Sirajudeen Nazir plays the central character and the film was shot for a period of over two years, as the actors had to alter their physical appearance.


Premise

''Aviyal'' tells the story of Krishnan, a music-obsessed man born in Kannur and his four stages—childhood, adolescence, youth and old age of life.


Cast

*
Joju George Joseph "Joju" George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer, director, writer and producer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema along with Tamil, and Telugu cinemas. In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award †...
as Krishnan *Sirajudeen Nazir as Young Krishnan *Armaan Mistry *
Anaswara Rajan Anaswara Rajan (born 8 September 2002) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam films. She made her acting debut as a child artist in '' Udaharanam Sujatha'' (2017). She received praises for playing a college student in '' Super ...
as Ammukutty *
Alexander Prasanth Alexander Prasanth is an Indian actor and producer who primarily appears in Malayalam films. He made his debut through the 2002 movie '' Nammal''. Prasanth is known for portraying the lead role of Sebastian in Purusha Pretham - Male Ghost. C ...
as Sebastian * Ketaki Narayan *
Athmiya Rajan Athmiya Rajan is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Malayalam- and Tamil-language films. Personal life Athmiya was born in Kannur, Kerala. She completed her graduation in Nursing from Shree Devi College of Nursing, Mangalore. She ma ...
as Nithula * Anjali Nair * Dain Davis *Sanju Sanichen * Shravan Satya *Swathi *
Prasanth Alexander Alexander Prasanth is an Indian actor and producer who primarily appears in Malayalam films. He made his debut through the 2002 movie '' Nammal''. Prasanth is known for portraying the lead role of Sebastian in Purusha Pretham - Male Ghost. C ...
*Shafeer Khan *Shivadas *Unni Shivapal *Vishnu Govindhan *Zinil Zainudeen *
Subeesh Sudhi Subish Sudhi, professionally credited as Subeesh Sudhi, is a Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film actor from Payyanur, Kannur, Kerala. Personal life After finishing his studies he moved to Ernakulam to achieve his dream to act in movies. He got h ...


Production

Director Shanil, who had earlier co-directed '' Philips and the Monkey Pen'' was supported by the producer Sujith Surendran for the coming of age film, his third directorial. Actors
Joju George Joseph "Joju" George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer, director, writer and producer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema along with Tamil, and Telugu cinemas. In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award †...
and
Anaswara Rajan Anaswara Rajan (born 8 September 2002) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam films. She made her acting debut as a child artist in '' Udaharanam Sujatha'' (2017). She received praises for playing a college student in '' Super ...
were signed to play the lead roles. The principal photography began on 14 January 2020, but the film was shot for a period of over 2 years as the film makers wanted the actors to alter their physical appearance according to their respective characters. Cinematographers Sudeep Elamon, Jimshi Khalid, Ravi K. Chandran and Gikku Jacob Peter worked in each schedule at different locations of Kannur, Goa and Kodaikanal.


Release

After multiple postponements, the film was released on 7 April 2022. The film was digitally released on Amazon prime on 20 May 2022.


Critical response

S. R. Praveen of ''
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'' mentioned that the director wrote some convincing initial portions, but makes a patchy final product. Deepa Soman of ''
The Times of India ''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation an ...
'' rated the film with 3 out of 5 stars, stating that the film was shot over a few years, deserves appreciation for the rarely attempted, but patience-testing method of filmmaking, that makes the narration close to ordinary life, due to the sheer passage of time captured in the film. Sajin Shrijith of ''
Cinema Express ''Cinema Express'' was an Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language entertainment fortnightly magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was a part of The New Indian Express, The New Indian Express Group, which also publishes ''Samakalika Mal ...
'' rated the film with 2.5 out of 5 stars, stated that the film has an excellent first half, but a huge let down by some familiar and predictable scenes later on. ''
The News Minute ''The News Minute'' is an Indian digital news platform based in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was founded by Vignesh Vellore who is also the current CEO in 2014. Apart from Karnataka, it also has bureaus in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, ...
'' rated the film with 2.5 out of 5 stars, wrote that the film, though appreciable in parts, has a lot to patch up in storytelling, performances and music, that is often irritating.


References


External links

* {{IMDb title, 12015076 2020s Malayalam-language films 2022 films Indian coming-of-age films Films shot in Kannur Films shot in Goa Films shot in Kodaikanal 2020s coming-of-age drama films 2022 drama films