Aadu (film)

Aadu
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Midhun Manuel Thomas
Produced by	Vijay Babu Sandra Thomas[1]
Written by	Midhun Manuel Thomas
Starring	Jayasurya Sunny Wayne Vinayakan Renji Panicker Vijay Babu Vineeth Mohan
Narrated by	Mamukkoya
Music by	Shaan Rahman
Cinematography	Vishnu Narayan
Edited by	Lijo Paul
Production company	Friday Film House
Distributed by	Friday Tickets
Release dates	6 February 2015 (2015-02-06)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Aadu: Oru Bheegara Jeeviyanu (Goat: A Dangerous Animal) is a 2015 Malayalam comical road movie written and directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas. The cast includes Jayasurya, Vijay Babu, Vinayakan, Saiju Kurup, Srinda Ashab, Sunny Wayne, Renji Panicker, Sandra Thomas, Bhagath Manual, Chemban Vinod, Indrans, Dharmajan, Biju Kuttan, Vineeth Mohan and Harikrishnan. It was produced by Vijay Babu and Sandra Thomas under the banner Friday Film House.^[2]

Plot

Shaji Pappan (Jayasurya) is the captain of the tug-of-war champion team Winners Pothumukku. They manage to win a tournament and celebrate. Along with the cash prize and the trophy, they also receive a female goat as well, even though the tournament secretary had promised that they will receive a male one. Lolan (Harikrishnan), one of the team members, names the goat "Pinky". Although Shaji is a misogynist, he allows the goat(whose gender greatly irked him) inside the van, after Arakkal Abu (Saiju Kurup) assures he will slaughter it and have it as barbecue. This decision, however, sends them down on the path of great adventure with the Dude (Vinayakan) coming into the scene. A bone tickling thriller ensues, which finally culminates in Pappan shedding his misanthropic skin.

Cast

• Jayasurya as Shaji Paapan
• Nanny Goat as Pinky
• Swathi Reddy as Pinky (cameo)
• Srinda Ashab as Mary/Shaji Pappan's wife
• Sunny Wayne as Sathan Xavior
• Harikrishnan as Lolan
• Aju Varghese as Ponnappan
• Vinayakan as Dude
• Renji Panicker as Thomas Paappan
• Vijay Babu as Sarbath Shemeer
• Sandra Thomas as Menaka Kanthan
• Vineeth Mohan as Moonga kuttan
• Bhagath Manuel as Krishnan
• Chemban Vinod Jose as Highrange Hakkim
• Indrans as PP Sasi
• Dharmajan Bolgatty as Captain Cleetus (Sachin Cleetus)
• Bijukuttan as Battery Simon
• Saiju Kurup as Arakkal Abu
• Chembil Ashokan as Vaidyar
• Anjali Aneesh Upasana as Usha
• Sudhi Kopa as Kanjavu Soman
• Nelson as Dragon Paili
• Pradeep Kottayam as Head Constable

Reception

Upon release, the film received negative response.^[3] Akhila of FilmiBeat stated "Film fails to meet the expectations raised by the first looks and promotion".^[4] But after the DVD release of the film it garnered a large fan following owing to its slapstick as well as situational comedies and the various intro songs for each characters. Because of many memes made by various Malayalam troll pages in social media, the movie became a hit among the youngsters of Kerala. Due to the immense support it got after the DVD release the team of the movie i.e. Friday Film House and it's director Midhun Manuel Thomas is all set to make a sequel.

Soundtrack

The original soundtrack and background score were composed by Shaan Rahman ^[5] The Background score was well received and is considered as one of the main highlights of the movie.

References

External links

• Official Facebook Page
• Aadu at the Internet Movie Database