''Avarude Ravukal'' is an Indian
Malayalam
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film written and directed by Shanil Muhammed. It features
Asif Ali,
Unni Mukundan
Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films.
Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the Ta ...
,
Vinay Forrt
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,
Honey Rose
}
Honey Rose Varghese is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film ''Boyy Friennd''. Her breakthrough role came ...
,
Milana Nagaraj
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and
Nedumudi Venu
Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...
. It was produced by Ajay Krishnan under the banner of Ajay entertainments.
The Film Released on 2017 June 23 with mixed reviews.
Plot
It's a story woven around 3 youngsters and their search for new life in Cochin city, they are from different places. Ashik (
Asif Ali), Sidharth (
Unni Mukundan
Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films.
Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the Ta ...
) and Vijay (
Vinay Forrt
Vinay Kumar, professionally credited as Vinay Forrt is an Indian film and stage actor. He hails from Fort Kochi, Kerala and is a theatre activist with more than a decade's worth of experience in the theatrical field as well as a postgraduate in ...
) stay together in a house of an old man named Scobo Jones (
Nedumudi Venu
Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...
) for free by solving a puzzle. Jones teaches them there are two ways to approach a problem in life and that often only one path that too with repetitive effort will turn struggling events into unexpected bliss form the plot of the movie.
Cast
*
Asif Ali as Aashik Pattavayal / Aashiq Abu
*
Unni Mukundan
Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films.
Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the Ta ...
as Siddharth Gopan
*
Vinay Forrt
Vinay Kumar, professionally credited as Vinay Forrt is an Indian film and stage actor. He hails from Fort Kochi, Kerala and is a theatre activist with more than a decade's worth of experience in the theatrical field as well as a postgraduate in ...
as Vijay Krishnan
*
Nedumudi Venu
Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...
as Scobo Jones
*
Honey Rose
}
Honey Rose Varghese is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film ''Boyy Friennd''. Her breakthrough role came ...
as Shivani Jayan, senior manager at Blue Seven Star
*
Lena
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as Deepa Manoj
*
Milana Nagaraj
Milana Nagaraj (born 25 April 1989) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Kannada films. Milana made her acting debut with '' Nam Duniya Nam Style'' (2013). The same year, she received Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannad ...
as Meghna
*
Aju Varghese
Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985) better known as Aju Varghese is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in ''Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his college classmate Vineeth Sreenivas ...
as Vinod Mannarkkad, A Junior Artist
*
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as Manoj Kuruvila, film director
*
Kochu Preman
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as Dr.Jayamurugan, psychiatrist at JM Clinic
*
Vinitha Koshy
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as Mareena
*
Nisha Sarang
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as Bindhu Jayamurugan
*
Ambika Mohan
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as Siddharth's mother
*Prashanth Alexander As Buji Pattavayal
*
Sudhi Koppa
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Personal life
Sudhi hails from Kochi. His father, who was a government offic ...
As Assistant Director
* Kiran Aravindakshan as Advocate
* Aishwarya Chandran
*
Sunny Wayne
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as Sunny (Cameo)
*
Shine Tom Chacko
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as Shine (Cameo)
*
Sanju Sivram
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as Sanju (Cameo)
*Gokulan As Pattavayal Sasi
* Anand Gopinathan As Sam
* Santosh Sleeba As Cricket Commentator
* Jithan V Soubhagom as Library Buji
Production
In 2015 Shanil Muhammed, who earlier directed the
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
children's film
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,
Philips and the Monkey Pen
''Philips and the Monkey Pen'' is a 2013 Indian Malayalam language children's film written by Rojin Thomas and directed by Rojin Thomas and Shanil Muhammed. The film stars Sanoop Santhosh, Jayasurya, Remya Nambeesan, Vijay Babu and Joy Mathew.
...
, announced the film titled Avarude Ravukal with
Asif Ali,
Unni Mukundan
Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films.
Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the Ta ...
and
Honey Rose
}
Honey Rose Varghese is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film ''Boyy Friennd''. Her breakthrough role came ...
in the lead roles. The Shooting of the film started at Kochi, Salem, Attappadi, Munnar and Vagamon.
The film's producer Ajay Krishnan committed suicide on 24 April 2016, a month before the scheduled release of the film. It was widely reported that the producer was unhappy after watching the preview of the film and he was also having some financial problems. Ajay's girlfriend Vineetha Nair also committed suicide a week after Ajay's death.
Ajay's untimely death delayed the release of the film and it is released one year later on 23 June 2017.
References
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External links
Avarude Raavukal IMDB
2017 films
2010s Malayalam-language films
Films shot in Munnar
Films shot in Kochi
Films shot in Palakkad