Aby is a 2017 Malayalam film directed by prolific advertisement filmmaker Srikant Murali in his feature directorial debut. It is written by Santhosh Echikkanam and produced by Suvin K Varkey under the banner of Little Big Films.Vineeth Sreenivasan plays the lead and titular character of Aby.[1] Aju Varghese, Suraj Venjaramoodu play supporting characters
The story of Aby revolves around a young guy with the same name, who nurtures a big dream. He dreams to fly just like the birds and his big aim in life is to make an aeroplane on his own, one day. But, Aby's crazy dream doesn't have much takers and certain situations push him out of his native place. Will Aby accomplish his dream or not forms the rest of the story.
Director – Srikant Murali
It is a decent debut for Srikant Murali, the director. The director comes out successful in delivering a decent film without adding many dramatic elements. He has remained in the safe zone, following the template of inspirational movies and hence, the room for innovation was lesser. On the flip side, the placement of songs looked irritating.
Writer – Santhosh Echikkanam
For sure, Aby is not the best work of Santhosh Echikkanam. One would get the feel like he could have concentrated a bit more on the development of each characters. But still, there are certain areas where the writer in him wins giving the necessary materials to the director to work on.
Vineeth Sreenivasan As Aby Vineeth Sreenivasan appears as the title character Aby. It was a pretty decent performance from the actor. He has pulled off the different stages of Aby's life successfully. There were certain sequences in which he was trying too much but overall, he has done justice to the character of Aby
Aju Varghese As Kunjoottan Aju Varghese plays Kunjoottan, one of the classmates of Aby. Well, the actor has mastered in doing such kind of roles and he has kept the entertainment quotient intact, with his portrayal of Kunjoottan.
Mareena Michael As Anumol Xavier Mareena Michael who was previously seen in Happy Wedding plays the childhood friend of Aby, in this film. The character of Anumol isn't like the stereotyped leading ladies in films and Mareena has done her part, pretty well. She is definitely a good prospect.
Suraj Venjaramoodu As Xavier Suraj Venjaramoodu appears as Xavier, father of Anumol, in Aby. It was a rather matured performance from this actor. There aren't any forced comedies for the actor in the film and we get to see him deliver some quality comedies in Aby.
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Mareena Michael As Anumol Xavier Mareena Michael who was previously seen in Happy Wedding plays the childhood friend of Aby, in this film. The character of Anumol isn't like the stereotyped leading ladies in films and Mareena has done her part, pretty well. She is definitely a good prospect.
Suraj Venjaramoodu As Xavier Suraj Venjaramoodu appears as Xavier, father of Anumol, in Aby. It was a rather matured performance from this actor. There aren't any forced comedies for the actor in the film and we get to see him deliver some quality comedies in Aby.
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Aby is a boy who dreams to fly. The movie begins in his childhood, where he regularly jumped out of elevated positions in an attempt to fly; often injuring himself in the process. He barely spoke a word, leading his folk to believe that he is mentally disabled. He went to a special-needs school. His father worked as a policy agent, and eventually used Aby to gain sympathy of potential customers to make them sign his policies. Eventually, his mother finds out of his doings and his absence from school because of this. A big fight between them ensues and Aby's mother passes away next morning.
A few years later, Aby is an adolescent and works at a mechanical workshop; now a savant in electronics. His father takes the salary to feed his alcoholism. His neighbor and girlfriend, Anumol goes to school with him, along with Kunjootan. She requests Any to help her make a science project for a competition, which Aby agrees to. The project ends with it getting big recognition and Anumol getting rewarded with prizes. However, on the day she gets honored, Aby's father arrives and makes a scene demanding the money as Aby made the project. A feud erupts between the neighbors. His father's alcoholism grows more and more volatile as he ends up burning a mockup helicopter made by Aby using an auto-rickshaw and salvage. Aby becomes frustrated and flees the town.
Aby reaches Bangalore where he meets some workers who sell salvage and scrap for money. He helps fix their phone and devises a mechanism to prank a man who was a nuisance to them. Soon, Aby becomes friends with them and joins their work. A few days later, he finds a discarded toy airplane, from where he meets G. K. Menon, an alcoholic airplane manufacturer. Menon quickly becomes fond of Aby and his wish to fly, discovering his technical intelligence in the process. Menon shares his basic knowledge with him, fuelling Aby's fascination. Soon, Menon receives a job to manufacture a light aircraft, to where Aby joins him. Aby records his conversations, learning more and more about aircraft in his free time. When the aircraft was built, Aby gets carried away and attempts to ride the aircraft and crashes it, earning Menon's frustration and anger. Menon scolds Aby and demands he go away, where he flees back to his hometown.
It is now 7 years since his return, and Anumol is helping the village expand. He has gathered materials, and begins work on a glider for three years. Anumol, amidst the rekindled family feud, helps Aby build a glider, which gradually grabs the attention of media and people from distant places. This earns her anger from her father who builds hatred towards Aby and his work. On the debut of his homemade glider with hundreds of onlookers, he is halted by law enforcement who stated that he did not have paperwork, making the flight illegal. Aby, with the help of Anumol and several of his townsfolk gathers the required paperwork. His father provides the money he's saved up, showing that he is turning into a better man and leaving his alcoholism. Menon even appears, being a certified airplane manufacturer, says that Aby has built the most efficient model he has seen in his career; giving him approval. Anumol's father attempts to sabotage the paperwork, where Anumol begs and pleads to let Aby fly and not take vengeance on his dreams. Anumol's father reconsiders his actions and decides that he wants to see Aby achieve his goal.
Aby's glider is now ready to go once again, with the correct paperwork filed in and now legal. However, another obstacle arises as the law enforcement gets a tip against Aby's disability paperwork and that his craft hasn't been flown by a certified pilot. Anumol's father confesses to tipping against him, with Menon vouching for Aby's mental status. This promptly evolves into a huge quarrel involving the frustrated onlookers, which Aby takes advantage of and flies the glider successfully; with the aid of Menon giving instructions. Hundreds of onlookers and the police watch with fascination, ending the argument and proud that Aby has made his dreams to reality.
At present time, Aby is shown as an expert glider, selected by Air Asia in Dubai; and is seen soaring the skies with a glider as the movie ends.
The movie has received positive reviews from critics .Awarding the film 3.5 in a scale of 5, Litty Simon from Malayala Manorama wrote: In his first directorial venture as a filmmaker, Srikanth aptly portrays various emotions – innocence, the love, the family bonding, the failure, and achievements. With a simple plot, Aby is a movie that can be enjoyed by all age groups. The feel-good motivational drama, Aby, made with some genuine intentions is a darling film...[8]
In her review for The Times of India ,Deepa Soman rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars.She lauded the crew for brilliant casting, right from the child artiste who plays the little Aby, his parents (Sudheer Karamana and Vineetha Koshy), his friend Kunjoottan played by Aju Varghese and his lady love Anumol by Mareena Michael.Overall, this is one of those films with an unconventional underdog as the hero, for whom you would root with tears in your eyes and a smile on your face, and come out of the hall with a wholesome cinematic experience.[9]
Arathi Kannan of The New Indian Express has written that Aby is the kind of a movie where wishes written on the blue skies are made into a reality with sheer earnestness and persistence.She has mentioned that 'Aby's story makes for a scroll that rolls down to read ‘optimism’ in bold, Aby stands true to the inspirational movie genre and strives towards the goal, flitting through serendipitious meetings and the right-person-at-the-right-time situations.[10]
Directed by debutante Srikant Murali, written by Santhosh Echikkanam, Vineeth Sreenivasan's Aby is an inspirational story of a boy who wishes to fly. Aby is a special and highly intelligent boy whose sole purpose in life is to build a flying machine.
The plot of the movie revolves around Aby, his deep desire to hover through the air, and his childhood love Anumol. How Aby overcomes every hurdle to finally ascend to the sky forms the crux of the movie.
The story has great potential to it, but unfortunately, it does not reflect onto the movie. The screenplay is indistinct and vague and has a number of unwanted characters and unnecessary scenes. Moreover, the basic nature of many characters keeps changing and is illogical. The movie would have been much more appealing if the makers had concentrated more on the subject and restricted the story in the first half to a quarter of an hour.
The direction is very amateurish and the director appears to have no control over the screenplay, which seems to have many missing scenes in it. The process of building an aeroplane or any flying device is very complex and hence while making a movie based on the subject, it is advisable to do some technical research on it. For a movie that shows the story of a genius, Aby has a little science in it.
Vineeth Sreenivasan's performance as a differently abled young man is unsatisfying and disappointing. In spite of his heartfelt effort, he does not succeed to enthral the audience with his portrayal of Aby. Mareena Michael has acted decently and is bound to have a good future in Malayalam cinema. Even though his character is poorly written, Manish Choudhary performs elegantly. The rest of the cast including Suraj Venjarammood, Sudheer Karamana, Aju Varghese and Vinitha Koshy live up to the expectation
The plot of the movie revolves around Aby, his deep desire to hover through the air, and his childhood love Anumol. How Aby overcomes every hurdle to finally ascend to the sky forms the crux of the movie.
The story has great potential to it, but unfortunately, it does not reflect onto the movie. The screenplay is indistinct and vague and has a number of unwanted characters and unnecessary scenes. Moreover, the basic nature of many characters keeps changing and is illogical. The movie would have been much more appealing if the makers had concentrated more on the subject and restricted the story in the first half to a quarter of an hour.
The direction is very amateurish and the director appears to have no control over the screenplay, which seems to have many missing scenes in it. The process of building an aeroplane or any flying device is very complex and hence while making a movie based on the subject, it is advisable to do some technical research on it. For a movie that shows the story of a genius, Aby has a little science in it.
Vineeth Sreenivasan's performance as a differently abled young man is unsatisfying and disappointing. In spite of his heartfelt effort, he does not succeed to enthral the audience with his portrayal of Aby. Mareena Michael has acted decently and is bound to have a good future in Malayalam cinema. Even though his character is poorly written, Manish Choudhary performs elegantly. The rest of the cast including Suraj Venjarammood, Sudheer Karamana, Aju Varghese and Vinitha Koshy live up to the expectation
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