Archana 31 Not Out is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Akhil Anilkumar, and produced by Martin Prakkat, Siby Chavara and Renjith Nair. The film stars Aishwarya Lekshmi, alongside Hakkim Shajahan, Dileep Mohan, Indrans and Ramesh Pisharody.
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| Directed by | Akhil Anilkumar |
| Written by | Akhil Anilkumar |
| Produced by | Martin Prakkat Siby Chavara Renjith Nair |
| Starring | Aishwarya Lekshmi Indrans Ramesh Pisharody Hakkim Shajahan Dileep Mohan |
| Cinematography | Joyal Joji |
| Edited by | Nushin PM |
| Music by | Rajat Prakash Maathan |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
The plot revolves around the wedding of a 28-year-old school teacher named Archana, to an NRI groom takes unexpected twists.[1] It was released on 11 February 2022 to mostly mixed reviews.[2][3][4]
Premise
editArchana is a private school teacher. She goes through a tough phase as she is 28 and not married yet, also she is losing her job because of a management decision. 30 suitors have rejected Archana and 31st suitor is a NRI guy Prasad working in Gulf. His family members meet Archana and her family. Everything seems to fall in place as the engagement and subsequent marriage is fixed. Things seem to go in the right track, when just before the day of the marriage, Archana receives a call from Prasad's brother in law informing her that Prasad has eloped with a girl. With the marriage not happening, a lot of emotions go through Archana's mind. She does not reveal on Prasad eloping and the marriage stands cancelled to anyone. On the day of marriage, the ceremony goes as per the plan, but Archana reveals to her guests about Prasad's betrayal and says boldly that its not a time to cry, but be happy that the marriage with a treacherous person did not happen. The guests understand her and everyone celebrates with Archana. In the end its shown that Archana has decided to take her life in her own hands rather than worry about the society.
Cast
edit- Aishwarya Lekshmi as Archana
- Indrans as Deity
- Hakkim Shajahan as Venu
- Dileep Mohan as Shibu (Archana's relative)
- James Varghese as Madhavan (Archana's father)
- S.K. Mini as Archana's Mother
- Aarcha as Anu (Venu's niece and Archana's student)
- Ramesh Pisharody as Satheeshan (Archana's cousin)
- Rajesh Madhavan as Broker
- Anju Joseph as Saranya (Archana's colleague)
- Renjith Shekar Nair Sumesh
- Sruthy Suresh as Sumesh's wife
- Sunil Sughatha as school principal
- Lukman Avaran as Prasad
- Azeez Nedumangad as Jignesh (Prasad's brother-in-law)
- Anjana Appukuttan as Praveena (Prasad's sister)
- Remya Suresh
- Vinod Vasudevan as Saranya's husband
- Vinod Thomas
- Archana Anilkumar
- Sneha Reji
- Thankam Mohan
- Joy Payyappilly
Release
editThe film was released on 11 February 2022.[5]
Reception
editThe film met with mostly mixed reviews. The Times of India gave 3/5 and wrote "A movie that would have worked best as a short-film".[6] Ottplay gave 3/5 and wrote "Aishwarya Lekshmi, interesting climax elevate this simple but sluggish tale".[7] The News Minute gave 2.5/5 and wrote "This Aishwarya Lekshmi film starts smoothly, slips midway".[8] Behindwoods gave 2.25/5 and wrote "Archana 31 Not Out is a good story bogged down by the less-engaging screenplay".[9] The Indian Express wrote "Aishwarya Lekshmi shines in tiring watch".[10]
References
edit- ^ "Archana 31 Not Out Movie Review: A movie that would have worked best as a short-film". Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Archana 31 Not Out OTT Release : അർച്ചന 31 നോട്ട് ഔട്ട് ഒടിടി റിലീസ് തീയതിയിൽ മാറ്റം". Zee News Malayalam (in Malayalam). 24 March 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ Bhola, Darvesh (23 March 2022). "Archana 31 Not Out Movie OTT Release Date, Platform, Story, Budget, Cast, Songs". The SportsGrail. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Archana 31 Not Out movie review: Aishwarya Lekshmi deserves better than a wannabe Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam". Firstpost. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Archana 31 Not Out Film". The Times Of India. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Archana 31 Not Out Movie Review : A movie that would have worked best as a short-film". The Times of India. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Archana 31 Not Out movie review: Aishwarya Lekshmi, interesting climax elevate this simple but sluggish tale". OTTplay. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Archana 31 Not Out review: This Aishwarya Lekshmi film starts smoothly, slips midway". The News Minute. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Archana 31 Not Out Movie Review". Behindwoods. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Archana 31 not out review: Aishwarya Lekshmi shines in tiring watch". The Indian Express. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.