Aandavan (2008 film)

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Aandavan
Directed by Akbar Jose
Starring Kalabhavan Mani
Sindhu Menon
Jagathy Sreekumar
Cinematography Vipin Mohan
Edited by Ranjan Abraham
Music by Alex Paul
Distributed by Kalasangham Films
Release date
  • 16 May 2008 (2008-05-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Aandavan is an Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Akbar Jose and starring Kalabhavan Mani, Sindhu Menon and Jagathy Sreekumar. The film was telecasted on Mazhavil Manorama. [1] [2]

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Plot

This movie revolves around Aandavan alias Murugan, a thief from the slum of Cochin who robs from a corrupt business tycoon Parameshwara Panicker. Soon, SI Sreerekha is appointed to capture him.

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Reception

Nowrunning wrote that "Aandavan is as formulaic an action flick as has ever graced the silver screen. It's in reality a series of pointless fights, murders, verbal aggression and plenty of bloodshed frantically on the hunt for an interesting storyline". [3] Indiaglitz wrote that "`Aandavan' is a regular Kalabhavan Mani affair -yet another take which glorify one-man vigilant justice. And as usual with his films, this too remains unsurprising and predictable to the core. In an obvious attempt at making a formulaic masala movie, the creators come up with another that turns out far from satisfactory". [4]

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References

  1. Soman, Deepa. "'Aandavan' on Mazhavil Manorama - Times of India". The Times of India .
  2. Soman, Deepa. "'Aandavan' on Mazhavil Manorama - Times of India". The Times of India .
  3. "Aandavan Review | Aandavan Malayalam Movie Review by Veeyen". 24 May 2008.
  4. "Aandavan – Mani with another usual fare". IndiaGlitz. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2012.