Avatharam (2014 Malayalam film)
| Avatharam | |
|---|---|
 Film Theatrical Poster | |
| Directed by | Joshiy |
| Produced by |
Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas Dileep K Kunnath Vyaasan Edavanakadu |
| Written by | Vyaasan Edavanakadu |
| Starring |
Dileep Lakshmi Menon Sijoy Varghese |
| Music by | Deepak Dev |
| Cinematography | R. D. Rajasekhar |
| Edited by | Shyam Sasidharan |
Production company |
Four B Productions |
| Distributed by | Kalasangam Release & Popcorn Entertainments Australia |
Release dates |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Avatharam (English : Avatar) is a 2014 Malayalam action thriller film directed by Joshiy and produced by Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas under Four B Productions banner, the film was co-produced by Dileep K Kunnath and Vyaasan Edavanakadu. The screenplay was written by Vyaasan Edavanakadu. It stars Dileep and Lakshmi Menon.
Plot
Madhavan (Dileep), an educated youth from a small village of Idukki, comes to Kochi to stay with his brother's family after his brother Sudhakaran (Ganesh Kumar)'s death. Sudhakaran was a customs officer. While applying for the death claim the insurance company rejects the claim citing the reason that Sudhakaran was murdered and it was not an accidental death.
Meanwhile, Madhavan marries Manimekala (Lakshmi Menon)an insurance agent who is unfortunately raped by Karimban John and his goons. Madhavan murders the rapists and tries to find the mystery behind his brother's death.
It is later revealed that Sudhakaran threatens to complain to the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) about the illegal smuggling activities done by Moorthy aka SRK (Babu Namboothiri). Although Sudhakaran considers SRK as his father, SRK murders Sudhakaran and through CI Jeevan, reports it as an accidental death.
In the end Madhavan murders SRK and due to lack of evidence is not jailed. Later Madhavan and Manimekala return to their native and live happily.
Cast
- Dileep as Madhavan Mahadevan
- Lakshmi Menon as Manimekala
- Sijoy Varghese as ACP Gautam Vasudev
- Mithun Ramesh as Karimban Joby
- Joy Mathew as Karimban John
- Babu Namboothiri as Moorthy aka Sri Ramakrishna Moorthy (SRK )
- Sreejaya as Vatsala
- Shammi Thilakan as C I Jeevan
- Anju Aravind as Leelamma
- Devan as Dr. Mathew Philip
- Kannan Pattambi as Chacko
- Baby Durga premjith as Anjali
- Ganesh Kumar as Sudhakaran
- Janardhanan as Madhavan's Father
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Madhavan's Mother
- Chali Pala as Colony secretary
- Nandu Pothuval as Pappachan
- Balaji as Bhadran
- Prem Prakash as LIC advisor
- Shiju as Jabbar
- VK Sreeraman as Jabbar's father
- Major Ravi as Jamal
- Ambika Mohan as Saraswathy
- Valsala Menon as Karimban John's mother
- Vinaya Prasad as Karimban John's wife
- Lakshmipriya as Karimban John's sister
- Anil Murali as Tipper George
- Lishoy as Vatsala's father
- Gayathry as Vatsala's mother
- Ponnamma Babu as Manimegha's aunt
- Geetha Oommen Mathew as Madhavan's neighbour
- Majeed as Manimegha's uncle
- Joju George
- Kalabhavan Shajon as Sundaresan (Guest appearance)
- Siddique as Divakarettan (Guest appearance)
- Shivaji Guruvayoor as Advt. Thomas (Guest appearance)
- Idavela Babu as Sundaresan's colleague (Guest appearance)
- Thesni Khan as Priya (Guest appearance)
Reception
The film received mixed reviews from the audience and negative reviews from the critics. The film was awaited with huge hype due to the previous blockbuster film Runway from the duo Joshiy-Dileep. But it failed to meet expectations. The film had an average run at the box office in the ramzan season.
Controversy has stemmed from the copyright infringement of the film's posters and has as yet remained un-addressed by Warner Bros. [1][2]
Music
The music of the film is composed by Deepak Dev with lyrics penned by Harinarayan. The music album has two songs:
| Track | Song Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Konji Konji" | Shankar Mahadevan, Rimi Tomy |
| 2 | "Njaan kanum" | Nivas |
