Aavesham Review - My review is going to be controversial.
Is it just me but I felt this movie was mid, barring exceptional performances by FaFa, his henchman Amban (Sajin), that senior KungFu guy. Out of the three teenagers, Roshan Shanavas looked promising. The cinematography, costume design, set design and color grading was really good. But that's where it stops!
- First off, it starts as a normal teenage movie and deals with bullying & ragging (something which I have personally experienced) in college. They even showed that one of the characters (Kutty) has anger management issues. They definitely tried to include some situational comedy when the trio were locked in for 2 days but I barely smiled.
- The main theme of the movie was excessive alcohol and smoking. The emphasis on the word, "excessive". Don't get me wrong, even I smoke and drink, but even I felt it was really awful. The idea of the trio to look for goons to seek revenge was understandable. Obviously, they used this to further the plot, by introducing FaFa (and Amban), which were the only redeeming factors in the movie. No doubt, the "eda mone" dialogue is iconic. The tomfoolery of Ranga's TikTok reels was a nice addition.
- The fact that they even included the scene where the kids were locked in the room with the prostitute and forcing them to have a sexy time give me the "ick". I don't know how everyone was laughing at this scene.
- Shout out to the saving grace in the script, which was "Amma" and the special appearance by Ashish as the dean.
There were many things to appreciate in the movie, a lot of fun-quick witty dialogues and scenes where FaFa displayed his brilliance, but I cannot help overlook the fact that there really wasn't any story as such, or the underlying fact that alcoholism and smoking is "glorified". If you didn't already notice the theme, most teenage movies revolves around bullying, student politics, violence and rape. I hate to be that guy, but I think this isn't the message which we should be sending to the "average teenager".