The success of the mammoth in recent Malayalam filmography, ‘Ajayante Randam Moshanam’ or ‘A.R.M’ is celebrated all around the flick world. The ‘Onam’ winner is also receiving high critical acclaim for its efforts in dubbed languages which is a rare sight. Is there a possibility of widening the scale based on its storyline? If so, how can it do so?
Based on the audience’s reaction and credible reviews, the movie has an excellent storytelling pattern with a compelling screenplay and meticulous visual effects supervision led by a talented team. The film is directed by debutant Jithin Laal, who has been developing this massive project for ten years. Sujith Nambiar and Deepu Pradeep are the writers of the movie, which is the backbone of the film.
The narrative featuring three different personalities during different periods is carefully crafted, unlike the recently released big-budget movies with similar templates. The character development, engaging timeline, and placement of plot devices were reported to be exemplary. The effectiveness of cinematographer Jomon T John ISC and editor Shameer Mohammed is a significant highlight of the film.
The widening of the movie can be a profound possibility by designing the effort in a franchise as well as stand-alone parts for different characters due to the well-defined character development for each one of the prevalent roles found in the film, which acts as its base. Considering a character like ‘Maniyan’, which is a metempsychosis version played by actor Tovino Thomas, is liked by most of the audience. This is one of the best possibilities.
As per the credible reports, the director and writers have such ideas on their cards that can mount in such a dream project which is hoped to launch soon.
Furthermore, the movie is constructed with an estimated budget of thirty crores in rupees as per print and publicity which belongs to a big-budget category for a smaller regional industry. But its brilliance of aesthetic value and effective drive of the content can have the potential to captivate all kinds of viewers irrespective of age, culture, or language in any manner.
Hence, the scope of building such a universe will be exciting, and expecting higher at the same time when ensuring its mass appeal and audience support.