The Arbit Documentation of An Amphibian Hunt: Aavasavyuham

I am a cinephile and I watch atleast one movie per day,as a part of it I got to know about this Malayalam movie as a suggestion. I searched this movie in Google and the poster looked so interesting, so immediately i downloaded the movie. I started watching the movie and from scene to scene the movie was running so interestingly and finally the climax was mind blowing. The cinematography of the movie was so good and the actor as main lead was brilliant,his performance and his looks are backbone of the movie. It was a new kind of movie upto now I didn't saw that kind of film,the directors experiment became a success, every cinephile should must watch this film.

I sat down for Aavasavyuham with little to no idea on its plot, visual structure, or performers. But as the film progressed episodically, my interest levels peaked. Told in the style of a mockumentary (not seen before in Malayalam cinema), one finds it difficult to place Aavasyavyuham under a specific genre, simply because it dips its feet into so many, yet convincingly. It's a social satire, a science fiction, a crime drama with fantastical elements, and so much more - a true genre-bender. While the lessened budget proves to be its only undoing in certain scenes which could have left a greater impact, the makers still pull off something truly remarkable. I feel that's a major reason behind not releasing the film theatrically - its visuals, especially, would've been talked about a lot more. Rahul Rajagopal, whom I recall from Karikku is splendid in the lead role. Maybe, not everyone would enjoy the film's occasional dive into environmental conversation and preserving ecological balance, but I loved how director Krishand seamlessly incorporates this into the plot. Aavasavyuham is a must-watch!

Movies like this push film craft in different ways. What starts like a documentary moves in interesting ways bring out the characterisation and human emotions.

Unlike some of the pretentious leftist crap that get dished out every now and then in Malayalam & Tamil films, this one gives it real even to the activists who only mostly succeed in destroying anything good around.

If the amphibian went a about his life without mixing with the wretched activist communist, he might have got a good life eating what he wanted and also a girl who took to him. But, typically, if u get mixed up with such activists, your life will be ruined and society will continue with its ways.

Good film and good film making.

I can't recall a Malayalam movie that successfully used a mockumentary structure before. Even though it is also a sci-fi and a social satire, it is never chained to any of these genres. Usually, when Malayalam movies take such an experimental route for the industry, it is expected to be slow artsy movie, here this is as commercial as such a film can get. It is an entertainer from the very first minute. It shows the limitation of its budget in certain aspects of filmmaking which is the only reason I couldn't give it another half star. The same limitation in casting is the only reason I can think of why the makers decided to do an OTT release without so much of marketing. This would've been a great theater experience.

This was...something unlike stuff I've watched from Malayalam cinema. I'd say it's unlike any other Indian movie, but if it's unlike anything else in Mollywood, it's surely the case with the rest of Indian cinema.

This is a mockumentary style, under-2-hour, film about...the (human) nature, but it's also a fantasy, and the society, and the ecosystem, and it's a revenge story...I don't know...anything more to help explain the plot will potentially spoil it for you. It's several genres into one, and while films that try to do a lot usually fall apart real fast, this one didn't and for that, it's been winning all sorts of awards for Best Film/Screenplay/Director this year, and it's counting.

It's one thing to have a unique way to tell a story but it's a whole new ballgame to make this into a movie bc not everybody may get it...? This, dunno....you've got to watch it to get what I mean. You're either gonna find the storytelling in this one to be fascinating or as a film, this might go way over your head. There's only one way to find out. If you've seen it, I'd love to know your thoughts.