Avane SrimanNarayana Review - One Kickass Entertainer

Suhansid Srikanth

Avane SrimanNarayana is probably that mainstream film that turns gold during the closure of the year. This Sachin Ravi's directorial is a western, cow-boyish adventure saga set in a fictional universe revolving around the loot that has gone missing fifteen years ago.

Throughout the film, Rakshit Shetty is in a terrific form. He makes you buy the most exaggerated sequences with his style and charisma. There is a certain sense of innocence in how he pulls off this otherwise caricaturable character. And he does it with a charm. The only other person I can imagine effortlessly getting into this zone and owning it is Vijay. Why we never get him on such sane mainstream films with engaging and entertaining moments is beyond me.

The writing deserves all the applauds for pushing the limits of doing a commercial flick. It incorporates acrobatic fights, break-in songs yet nothing feels forced. There is an organic flow of events. How the film connects to the prelude with which the film opens is interestingly kept despite how it revealed after almost two hours into the film.

The mythical symbolism is all over the film. Right from the protagonist's name.. how he is introduced (like Vishnu coming out of a pillar, he is introduced when he pierces a screen of a theatre that plays a film on Narasimha avatar and pops out). The female lead is called Lakshmi. The Meru parvatha story sets the base for an important trigger in the film.

Sachin Ravi, both in his direction and editing, composes the film with great consistency though it had huge chances of turning into a vast, disconnected subject. The fantasy, mythology and the mainstream flavour gel seamlessly. Charan Raj and Ajaneesh songs and score adds up to the magnificence of the project. Karm Chawla's cinematography moods up the western genre in all its glory.

There are certain drawbacks. The primal motive of why the protagonist is so invested in solving this loot case is never spoken about. It would have been even more investing enough had he been the son of one of the earlier victims whose killings set off the conflict. Still.. for the raging engagement the film offers over a course of 3 hours, this is truly a triumph of writing and filmmaking.

Bottomline: 'Avane SrimanNarayana' directed by Sachin Ravi, starring Rakshit Shetty is a killer mainstream film that full on engages you. Rakshit Shetty is in supreme form and holds your attention with his attractive portrayal of the role.

Rating : 4/5