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Aavesham (2024)
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Plot
Aju, Bibi and Shanthan arrive in Bangalore, Karnataka from Kerala to pursue a degree in aeronautical engineering at Vaana Veekshan College, choosing the BK Hostel (run by the college clerk BK) for its perceived freedom compared to their college accommodation. Initially, they enjoy their time there until a confrontation with Kutty, a senior student, escalates, bruising his ego. In retaliation, Kutty and his gang forcefully take the trio to his place and brutally thrash them, only to offer friendship afterward. Feeling humiliated, Aju seeks revenge and leads his friends to multiple bars in search of gangsters, eventually befriending Ranga, a prominent, eccentric and kind-hearted Malayali-Kannadiga gangster who dresses in all-white
One day after the trio gets drunk, Ranga takes them in their jeep to drop them off at their hostel, but the hostel warden warns them not to arrive late as there are rules in the hostel. So Ranga takes them to his old house to accommodate them as a note of goodwill.
Disillusioned by Ranga's lack of action, they realize his gang merely praises him while engaging in minor violence. When Bibi confronts Ranga about the incident with Kutty, Ranga unleashes his fury during the college Holi celebration, beating up Kutty and his gang in front of everyone. They face expulsion after being unable to pass exams and because of their association with Ranga, but are given a second chance with assurances of passing all future exams.
After their initial victory against Kutty, their association with Ranga begins to consume their lives, affecting their studies. They are unable to focus on their studies as Ranga keeps involving them in his high-octane lifestyle of chases, fights and parties. After a night of one such revelry, the three of them discover a grim truth in the house related to Ranga's past.
After this discovery, the trio meets Ranga and tries to express their desire to sever ties with him, by trying to reveal that they only befriended him for revenge but hold back when they see Ranga threaten to kill two of his gang members trying to leave the gang.
The trio's troubles escalate when they are kidnapped by Reddy, Ranga's former boss. Reddy accuses Ranga of stealing his brand and seeks their help to eliminate him by asking them to give him (Reddy) a call whenever they next encounter Ranga. Fleeing from Reddy's threats they go back to their house.
Unable to handle staying in the house, the trio decides to switch off their phones and leave for a different hostel in Tumkur. They manage to study there, meanwhile Ranga keeps frantically searching for the boys. The boys finally decide to confront Ranga and make up a plan to call Reddy when he is alone. They eventually pick up Ranga's call and ask him to meet face-to-face in his accommodation he set up for them, in order to sever all ties with him and his gang. The boys proceed to open up to Ranga as to the fact that they only befriended him to keep away Kuttan and his gang, and proceeded to tell him just how negatively he had impacted their life after that chance encounter.
A now-agitated Ranga calls his gang to the house. The anxious boys, now fearing for their life, try concocting a plan on the spot, and finally, they call Reddy and his gang (as he had offered them a means to betray Ranga after kidnapping them earlier), in order to get rid of Ranga's presence in their life. Reddy and his goons arrive before Ranga's gang, and Reddy thanks the boys for their timely tip-off of Ranga's whereabouts and proclaims that he'll deal with the rest. Ranga thus realises that the boys had double-crossed him.
Distraught at their betrayal, Ranga broke his vow of not getting personally involved in fights, and faces Reddy's gang alone in hand-to-hand combat, and emerges victorious. Further incensed by their betrayal, he chases them across the house (with his now-arrived goons blocking the exits and windows of the house), and reveals that he kept the boys with him as no one had gotten close to him in his life unless they needed something from him. Realizing their mistake, they apologize to Ranga. Ranga begrudgingly lets them go (after going through an emotional turmoil fuelled further by a call from Bibi's mother where she, in a concerning manner, asks about Ranga and Bibi's wellbeing), and warns them to not fail in a single exam.
Aju and Bibi are unable to clear their exams by failing in one subject, while Shanthan passes them. They encounter Ranga, now clad in all-black attire as new look, outside the college. Ranga humorously punishes Aju and Bibi for their inability to pass all the exams.
Cast
- Fahadh Faasil as Ranjith "Ranga" Gangadharan
- Mithun Jai Shankar as Bibin "Bibi" Prakash
- Hipzster as Ajas "Aju" Bhasi
- Roshan Shahnavaz as Shanthakumaran "Shanthan"
- Sajin Gopu as Ambaan
- Midhutty as Kutty "Kuttettan"
- Mansoor Ali Khan as Reddy
- Neeraja Rajendran as Bibi's mother
- Pramod Veliyanad as Ranga's cousin
- Sreejith Nair as Bala Krishnan
- Krishna Kumar as Nanjappa
- Freestyle Krishna as Bruce-lee
- Himanshu as Jacky
- Thankam Mohan as Ranga's mother
- Pooja Mohanraj as Beauty
- Preeti Bhardwaj as Sweety
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Executive Director of Engineering College (cameo appearance)
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| Directed by | Jithu Madhavan |
| Written by | Jithu Madhavan |
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| Cinematography | Sameer Thahir |
| Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
| Music by | Sushin Shyam |
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| Distributed by | A & A Release |
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Running time | 161 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹30 crore[1] |
| Box office | est.₹154.60 crores[2] |
