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{{Short description|2022 Indian Malayalam comedy film by Krishand}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Aavasavyuham
| image = Aavasavyuham_poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Official Poster
| director = [[Krishand]]
| screenplay = [[Krishand]]
| story =
| producer = [[Krishand]]
| starring = Rahul Rajagopal<br>Sreenath Babu<br>Sreejith Babu<br>Zhinz Shan
| cinematography = Vishnu Prabhakar
| editing = [[Rakesh Cherumadam]]
| music = [[Ajmal Hasbulla]]
| studio =
| distributor = [[SonyLIV]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2022|08|04}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Aavasavyuham: The Arbit Documentation of An Amphibian Hunt''''' also more commonly known as '''''Aavasavyuham''''' (transl. ''Habitat'')<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/aavasavyuham-the-arbit-documentation-of-an-amphibian-hunt-movie-review-wacky-wacko-wild-and-indefinable-11339031.html | title=Aavasavyuham – the Arbit Documentation of an Amphibian Hunt movie review: Wacky, wacko, wild and indefinable | date=27 September 2022 }}</ref> is a 2022 Indian [[Malayalam|Malayalam-language]], [[Comedy drama|comedy-drama]] science fiction film written and directed by [[Krishand]]. The film stars Rahul Rajagopal, Sreenath Babu, Sreejith Babu, Zhinz Shan in the lead roles, Editing by Rakesh Cherumadam and Cinematography by Vishnu Prabhakar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avasavyuham was envisioned first as a superhero film: Cinematographer Vishnu Prabhakar |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/interviews/2022/may/31/avasavyuham-was-envisioned-first-as-a-superhero-film-cinematographer-vishnu-prabhakar-31873.html |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> The approach used to depict the storyline in the film was inspired from [[Warren Beatty]]'s directorial [[Reds (film)|''Reds'']] and [[Christopher Nolan]]'s directorial [[Interstellar (film)|''Interstellar'']]. The film was streamed via [[SonyLIV]] from 4 August 2022 as a [[List of SonyLIV original programming|LIV originals]] opening to positive reviews from critics. The film also won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film]] in 2021 and [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=Kerala Film Awards 2022: How Aavasavyuham, Chavittu and Prapedda are expanding the scope of playing with the form |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/kerala-film-awards-2022-how-aavasavyuham-chavittu-and-prapedda-are-expanding-the-scope-of-playing-with-the-form-7979026/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Film critic [[Anna M. M. Vetticad]] ranked it third in her year-end list of best Malayalam films of 2022.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/best-malayalam-films-2022-a-year-so-good-that-keeping-this-list-down-to-10-was-impossible-11875531.html|title=Best Malayalam Films 2022: A year so good that keeping this list down to 10 was impossible|author=Anna M. M. Vetticad|website=Firstpost|date=26 December 2022 }}</ref>

== Cast ==

* Rahul Rajagopal<ref>{{Cite web |title='Avasa Vyooham' fame Rahul Rajagopal says he approached the film like a little child |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/interviews/2022/08/11/avasa-vyooham-rahul-rajagopal-joy-protagonist-amphibian-hunt-film.html |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=OnManorama}}</ref>
* Sreenath Babu
* Sreejith Babu
* Zhinz Shan

== Production ==
Filmmaker [[Krishand]] used social media platforms such as TikTok as one of the popular communication techniques to narrate the plot of the film. The mockumentary element was also used in the film by the filmmaker and Krishand drew inspiration from the comic book character [[Swamp Thing]] which featured in the 1954 film ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'', and werewolf stories.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aavasavyuham: Hilarious mockumentary that cleverly blends various genres |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2022/aug/05/aavasavyuham-hilarious-mockumentary-that-cleverly-blends-various-genres-2484137.html |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The final chapter of the film was inspired by [[Franz Kafka]]’s ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' as well as the [[Gabriel Garcia Marquez]]'s ''[[A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings]]''.<ref name="IFFK"/>

== Awards and nominations ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of awards and nominations
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! class="unsortable"| Result
! class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref.|References}}
|-
| rowspan=8 | 2022
| rowspan=2 | [[IFFK|26th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK 2021)]] 
| [[FIPRESCI Award]] for Best Malayalam film
| –
| {{won}}
|<ref name="IFFK">{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Devarsi |title='Tiktok and spectacle': Behind the scenes of experimental Malayalam film 'Aavasavyuham' |url=https://scroll.in/reel/1029711/tiktok-and-spectacle-behind-the-scenes-of-experimental-malayalam-film-aavasavyuham |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Scroll.in}}</ref>
|-
| [[NETPAC Award]] for Best Malayalam film
| –
| {{won}}
| <ref name="IFFK" />
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[52nd Kerala State Film Awards]] 
| [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| –
| {{won}}
|<ref name="Avaasavyooham Award">{{cite news |title=Kerala Film Awards 2022: How Aavasavyuham, Chavittu and Prapedda are expanding the scope of playing with the form |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/kerala-film-awards-2022-how-aavasavyuham-chavittu-and-prapedda-are-expanding-the-scope-of-playing-with-the-form-7979026/ |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=20 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="hindu kerala state 2022">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/experimental-cinema-wins-big-at-52nd-kerala-state-film-awards/article65467180.ece|title=Experimental cinema wins big at 52nd Kerala State Film Awards|first=S. r|last=Praveen|newspaper=The Hindu |date=May 27, 2022|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay (Original)]]
| –
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Avaasavyooham Award" /><ref name="hindu kerala state 2022"/>
|-
| 13th [[J. C. Daniel#Foundation Award|J. C. Foundation Award]] 
| Best film
| –
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite news |title=JC Daniel Foundation Awards announced, Joju George and Durga Krishna are best actors - Times of India |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/jc-daniel-foundation-awards-announced-joju-george-and-durga-krishna-are-best-actors/articleshow/92985576.cms |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | 29th [[Padmarajan Award]]s 
| Best Director
| [[Krishand RK]] / – {{efn|shared with [[Sidhartha Siva]] / ''Aanu''}}
| {{won}}
| <ref name="padmarajan1">{{cite news |title=സിദ്ധാർഥ് ശിവയ്ക്കും കൃഷാന്ദിനും പദ്മരാജൻ പുരസ്കാരം; സാഹിത്യത്തിൽ അംബികാസുതൻ മാങ്ങാടും ഷിനിലാലും |url=https://www.samakalikamalayalam.com/chalachithram-film/2022/may/22/padmarajan-award-for-siddhartha-siva-and-krishand-149710.html |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=[[Samakalika Malayalam]] |language=ml}}</ref><ref name="padmarajan2">{{cite news |title=Padmarajan awards announced; Ambikasuthan Mangadum V won the Sahitya Puraskar. Shinilalum |url=https://time.news/padmarajan-awards-announced-ambikasuthan-mangadum-v-won-the-sahitya-puraskar-shinilalum/ |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=Time News |date=22 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Best Screenplay
| Krishand RK / –
| {{won}}
| <ref name="padmarajan1"/><ref name="padmarajan2"/>
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Kerala Film Critics Association Awards 2021|45th Kerala Film Critics Association Awards]] 
| [[Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| –
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Critics Award">{{Cite news |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2022/oct/19/kerala-film-critics-awards-announced-dulquer-salmaan-durga-krishna-win-big-35801.html |title=Kerala Film Critics Awards announced, Dulquer Salmaan, Durga Krishna win big |newspaper=[[Cinema Express]] |date=19 October 2022 |access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref>
|}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{IMDb title|tt15939240}}

{{Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Film}}
{{Kerala State Film Award for Best Film}}

[[Category:2022 films]]
[[Category:2020s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2022 comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kerala]]
[[Category:Films not released in theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic]]
[[Category:Indian direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:2022 direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:Direct-to-video comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:SonyLIV original films]]
[[Category:Indian family films]]
[[Category:Best Malayalam Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Kerala State Film Award winners]]

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