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In 2002, A K Sajan made “Stop Violence” starring Prithviraj as Sathaan.
The film gave a different perception to Prithvi’s acting and rings a
tone in Malayalee’s memory even now. After ten years, A.K Sajan has come
out with a sequel and named it “Asuravithu”.
Asif Ali as Don Bosco, Sathaan’s son deserted by his mother is brought up by Baburaj, a priest. Abbaji(Vijayaraghavan), whose son circle inspector Stephen was killed along with Sathan, is a Don in the Kochi underworld and is a constant menace to Don Bosco. Aware of this threat, Baburaj takes care of him and Don joins a seminary to become a priest. Meanwhile Marty, played by Samvrutha Sunil, who has her own boat and does the job of the conductor as well, and who has an uncanny knack of drawing sketches of suspects to help police, falls in love with Don Bosco. Don Bosco, who is by nature a soft spoken and kind person, accidentally witnesses the gruesome murder of a customs official and in spite of threats from the underworld, refuses to change his testimony. As a result, he gets severely beaten up the incident leads to further confrontation with the mafia gangs and Abbaji. The life of the warm-hearted and tender Don Bosco is transformed forever.
As a sequel to “Stop Violence”, the movie fails to generate the same thrill and anticipation in the audience. A K Sajan, one feels, could have done better, especially with some scenes which looked rather silly and ridiculous. And as often happens in Malayalam films, the director finds it hard to maintain the same tempo in the second half. However he has to be commented on his effort and has succeeded to a large extend in connecting the two stories.
For Asif Ali, this was a great opportunity to show his versatility and it must be said that he has succeeded to a large extent. Asif has to go a long way to look mean and menacing and yet he has taken the role in his stride. Setting aside the physical part, one can say that his acting was lucid and effective. However, it is highly unimaginative on the part of the director to make the hero look as if he is living in some European country and not in the stifling hot Kochi. Others in the cast have done a reasonable job in general though Samvritha must be mentioned for her sprightly acting. I M Vijayan, the football hero, has a small role which he carries off effortlessly. Baburaj bags more claps from audience than the hero gets. Vijayaraghavan did the role of 'Abbaji',but the point is that its nothing near to his 'Stephen police'. Samvritha Sunil, Lena, Siddique, Jiya Irani, Maqbool Salman and rest of cast were just passie.
In technical aspects like camera, editing and action scenes, turn highlights of the film. But the script lacks its punch. However, it has to be seen how the audience receive the movie and the acting of Asif Ali who I feel has let a golden chance slip through his fingers. The films contains some style - packed scenes, but sometimes dilutes the theme and makes us feel that there is not enough substance in the story. Even the quality of the sound is very poor. Overall Asuravithu, fails to grip .
Verdict: Below Average.
Asif Ali as Don Bosco, Sathaan’s son deserted by his mother is brought up by Baburaj, a priest. Abbaji(Vijayaraghavan), whose son circle inspector Stephen was killed along with Sathan, is a Don in the Kochi underworld and is a constant menace to Don Bosco. Aware of this threat, Baburaj takes care of him and Don joins a seminary to become a priest. Meanwhile Marty, played by Samvrutha Sunil, who has her own boat and does the job of the conductor as well, and who has an uncanny knack of drawing sketches of suspects to help police, falls in love with Don Bosco. Don Bosco, who is by nature a soft spoken and kind person, accidentally witnesses the gruesome murder of a customs official and in spite of threats from the underworld, refuses to change his testimony. As a result, he gets severely beaten up the incident leads to further confrontation with the mafia gangs and Abbaji. The life of the warm-hearted and tender Don Bosco is transformed forever.
As a sequel to “Stop Violence”, the movie fails to generate the same thrill and anticipation in the audience. A K Sajan, one feels, could have done better, especially with some scenes which looked rather silly and ridiculous. And as often happens in Malayalam films, the director finds it hard to maintain the same tempo in the second half. However he has to be commented on his effort and has succeeded to a large extend in connecting the two stories.
For Asif Ali, this was a great opportunity to show his versatility and it must be said that he has succeeded to a large extent. Asif has to go a long way to look mean and menacing and yet he has taken the role in his stride. Setting aside the physical part, one can say that his acting was lucid and effective. However, it is highly unimaginative on the part of the director to make the hero look as if he is living in some European country and not in the stifling hot Kochi. Others in the cast have done a reasonable job in general though Samvritha must be mentioned for her sprightly acting. I M Vijayan, the football hero, has a small role which he carries off effortlessly. Baburaj bags more claps from audience than the hero gets. Vijayaraghavan did the role of 'Abbaji',but the point is that its nothing near to his 'Stephen police'. Samvritha Sunil, Lena, Siddique, Jiya Irani, Maqbool Salman and rest of cast were just passie.
In technical aspects like camera, editing and action scenes, turn highlights of the film. But the script lacks its punch. However, it has to be seen how the audience receive the movie and the acting of Asif Ali who I feel has let a golden chance slip through his fingers. The films contains some style - packed scenes, but sometimes dilutes the theme and makes us feel that there is not enough substance in the story. Even the quality of the sound is very poor. Overall Asuravithu, fails to grip .
Verdict: Below Average.
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