Avarude Raavukal

Avarude Ravukal is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Shanil Muhammed.^[1] It features Asif Ali, Unni Mukundan, Vinay Forrt, Honey Rose, Milana Nagaraj, and Nedumudi Venu. It was produced by Ajay Krishnan under the banner of Ajay entertainments.^[2] The film was released on 23 June 2017 to mixed reviews.^[3]

Avarude Ravukal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shanil Muhammed
Written by	Shanil Muhammed Rojin Thomas
Produced by	Ajay Krishnan
Starring	Asif Ali Unni Mukundan Vinay Forrt Honey Rose Milana Nagaraj Nedumudi Venu Lena
Cinematography	Vishnu Narayan
Edited by	Prejish Prakash
Music by	Sankar Sharma
Distributed by	Sopanam Entertainments
Release date	23 June 2017 (2017-06-23)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

It's a story woven around three youngsters who are from different places and their search for a new life in Cochin City. Ashik, Sidharth, and Vijay stay together in the house of an old man named Scobo Jones for free by solving a puzzle. How Jones teaches them that there are two ways to approach a problem 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 as Siddharth Gopan
• Vinay Forrt as Vijay Krishnan
• Nedumudi Venu as Scobo Jones
• Honey Rose as Shivani Jayan, senior manager at Blue Seven Star
• Lena as Deepa Manoj
• Milana Nagaraj as Meghna
• Aju Varghese as Vinod Mannarkkad, A Junior Artist
• Mukesh as Manoj Kuruvila, film director
• Kochu Preman as Dr.Jayamurugan, psychiatrist at JM Clinic
• Vinitha Koshy as Mareena
• Nisha Sarang as Bindhu Jayamurugan
• Ambika Mohan as Siddharth's mother
• Prashanth Alexander As Buji Pattavayal
• Sudhi Koppa As Assistant Director
• Kiran Aravindakshan as Advocate
• Aishwarya Chandran
• Sunny Wayne as Sunny (Cameo)
• Shine Tom Chacko as Shine (Cameo)
• Sanju Sivram 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 children's film, Philips and the Monkey Pen, announced the film titled Avarude Ravukal with Asif Ali, Unni Mukundan, and Honey Rose in the lead roles. The shooting of the film held at Kochi, Salem, Attappadi, Munnar and Vagamon.^[4]

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 was also having some financial problems.^[5] Ajay's girlfriend Vineetha Nair also committed suicide a week after Ajay's death.^[6] Ajay's untimely death delayed the release of the film and it was released one year later on 23 June 2017.