Aravindante Adhithikal (Aravind’s Guests)
Set in with a nostalgic feel, Aravindante Athidhikal is a simple feel-good movie. The makers have tried and succeeded to rekindle the familiar storyline as refreshingly as possible.
The story revolves around Aravindan (Vineeth Srinivasan) who is a young enthusiastic next-door kind boy struggling to make a living in Kollur Mookambika by hosting devotees. But beyond his cheerful self and struggles, there are intense emotions which unfolds through the rest of the movie. We all embrace our hardships through our own ways and that’s the core part which makes this movie easily relatable.
Vineeth succeeds by being his usual self and with his subtle expressions, he makes the movie enjoyable. A scene where he starts babbling his usual market line used to attract tourist into an empty ground and walks away hastily just to hide his pain from his friend will make you instantly connect to the character. Nikhila Vimal as the female lead also could gather quiet a few scenes to make her mark with strong performances beyond being there as the route map for the male character’s life explorations. The scenes showcasing, Srinivasan and Vineeth, the real-life father-son duo are quite entertaining too but was underutilized like the other experienced actors who covered the supporting cast.
The only drawback of the film was the numerous forced scenes of comedy, created just coz one had an ensemble of various comedy actors. Urvashi’s performance stood out in this scenario, where it felt like the whole of her character was created just to accommodate a few stereotypical jokes. Also, as most of the good movies, Aravindante Adithikal ends abruptly leaving many questions in the viewer’s mind.
Beyond the faults, the film did a decent job of bringing back yesteryear actresses, Shanthi Krishna and Sreejaya Nair in short yet worthy roles. Music and BGMs by Shaan Rahman gave the movie the perfect musical feel too.
If you are someone who will get impressed by a nostalgic feel-good movie, Aravindanthe Adhithikal, will not disappoint you.
***/ *****
Nice review. Thought of being a guest of aravindan in a near by big screen
ReplyDeleteYou won't regret it. :)
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