Aavasavyuham

Aavasavyuham
Official poster
Directed byKrishand
Written byKrishand
Produced byKrishand
StarringRahul Rajagopal
Sreenath Babu
Sreejith Babu
Zhinz Shan
CinematographyVishnu Prabhakar
Edited byRakesh Cherumadam
Music byAjmal Hasbulla
Production
company
Krishand Films
Distributed bySonyLIV
Release date
  • 4 August 2022 (2022-08-04)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Aavasavyuham: The Arbit Documentation of An Amphibian Hunt also more commonly known as Aavasavyuham (transl. Habitat)[1] is a 2022 Indian Malayalam language mockumentary science fiction comedy film written and directed by Krishand. The film stars Rahul Rajagopal, Sreenath Babu, Sreejith Babu, Zhinz Shan in the lead roles, Technical crew for the movie is Chief Associate Director Vysakh Reetha, Editing by Rakesh Cherumadam and Cinematography by Vishnu Prabhakar.[2] The approach used to depict the storyline in the film was inspired from Warren Beatty's directorial Reds and Christopher Nolan's directorial Interstellar. The film was streamed via SonyLIV from 4 August 2022 as a LIV originals opening to positive reviews from critics. The film also won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film in 2021 and Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay in 2021.[3] Film critic Anna M. M. Vetticad ranked it third in her year-end list of best Malayalam films of 2022.[4]

  1. ^ "Aavasavyuham – the Arbit Documentation of an Amphibian Hunt movie review: Wacky, wacko, wild and indefinable". 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Avasavyuham was envisioned first as a superhero film: Cinematographer Vishnu Prabhakar". Cinema Express. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Kerala Film Awards 2022: How Aavasavyuham, Chavittu and Prapedda are expanding the scope of playing with the form". The Indian Express. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ Anna M. M. Vetticad (26 December 2022). "Best Malayalam Films 2022: A year so good that keeping this list down to 10 was impossible". Firstpost.