Aviyal

Aviyal is a collection of four short films : A young man attracted to his aunt, a filmmaker chasing robbers who have stolen his short film, two friends going on a trip to deposit the ashes of their friend and a gangster narrating a story.

Cast

Nivin Pauly

as Eli

Bobby Simha

as Gangster

Rajeev Pillai

as Garudan

Arjunan Nandakumar

Amrutha Srinivasan

Deepak Paramesh

Roju

Jinu Joseph

Ramachandran Durairaj

Ranga

Reviews

timesofindia

How do you introduce an incestuous romantic comedy, an action thriller with a twist, a ghost comedy, and a tale within a tale? Aviyal answers it with Shameer Sultan's wacky prelude that has an actor talking. It is only when it ends that we realise that he has been preparing us for what is to follow....

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