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Aval Review


Cast: Siddharth, Andrea Jeremiah , Anisha Victor
Music: Girishh
Direction: Miland Rau

Indian horror films have created a separate genre called ‘Horror Comedy’. I am happy that Aval is not a film of that genre. It’s a pure horror film though it opens with a love song showing how Krish ( played by Siddharth) met Lakshmi (played by Andrea) and fell in love. The cinematography was so wonderful with different colours that I wished the film could have been a rom-com.

As the movie progress, the cinematography is well balanced; showing beautiful landscapes of Himalayas and frightening horror movements inside the house. The sound design is another feature that intensifies the horror moments. Just the sound without visual would even bring in some fear in you.

The first half has certain scary horror scenes. Anisha Victor’s acting is wonderful, especially the interval scene, making Aval a dream debut for her. The interval feels like a climax, once it’s over it creates a curiosity about how the second half is going to be.

But, the second half derails from it’s horror genre and moves into thriller. Though there are a few horror scenes, they are not as scary as the first half. Anyhow, the lost horror in the later half is substituted by a great story. After the movie, the whole story would stay in your mind rather than the horror moments. The beautiful message in that story, a different approach of good ghosts and bad ghosts are some that I loved in the script.


Verdict: Technically brilliant, good story but a little less horror.
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