Movie#71 Avan (Malayalam- India)

This movie stars a lot of actors, some of them are Bala, Vijay Yesudas, Riyas Khan, Vijayaraghavan, Jagadish, Riza Bava and Muktha.
The storyline is a fairly okay. It shows how innocence get into the world of crime and the inevitable end. The gist of the story is that 2 friends get separated in their childhood due to forced circumstances. The hero gets lured into the world of crime. On one of his missions, he come to face the past. But crime has to pay and he ends up in jail. Due to his good behaviour in the jail, he gets invitation to a realty show called Crime and  Music. He opens out his heart and tells all. But will the people waiting for revenge leave him be?
I don't know where to start the comment section. As I had mentioned earlier, the story line is satisfactory. The acting needs a lot of tweaking. It is not that the director could do anything now but he has a lot to improve if he has planned another venture. Barring the main actors, all others seem to be blurting out memorized lines. It seems as though the director has instructed only the main actor on what should be done on each shot, the rest of them seem confused and at times hilariously seen looking at the main actor to do his bit and wait for cues. Very poor improvisation and originality. Also I think the director got confused whether this was a musical or crime thriller. Too many songs at wrong time. It dragged the movie. He could have shortened it to one and half hour movie with proper editing.
As usual, the heroine had no role at all. The producer could have saved money there. It was purely wasted talent and time for Muktha. I hope she was paid well for such a story line. The child artists need to be selected carefully. Compared to hollywood child artists who are very comfortable and professional in front of camera, the ones in this movie fails all front. They totally lack the emotion and intonation in dialogues. But I put the blame squarely on the director. He should have over–seen that. And lastly, the film used lacked the colour vibrancy. The locale may have been apt but very very dull because of the low quality film used.
Finally I shall give it a 2.5 out of 5 because the movie gained intensity towards the last 30 minutes.