Ajagajantharam

<p>Lali and Ambi are living in the village of Aranjali, where most of the youth and middle-aged villagers consumes alcohol, substances and are egoistic. Lali and Ambi supply an elephant named Neysseri Parthan for the temple festival, where they get a bit uninhibited and carries on themselves with high ego. Kannan, an unemployed youth, and his friends tries to be a bit brash and bumptious with them due to a small disagreement. Lali kicks Kannan for being in his face for long and also thrashes Kannan’s friend Vinu. Enraged, Kannan and his friends decide to exact revenge and plans a full scale mayhem in the festival to kill Lali and Ambi. The mayhem ensues and Kannan and his friends attacks Lali and Ambi, but Lali and Ambi fights Kannan and his men with Parthan’s help. They finally escape from the festival and return to their home. Antony Varghese and Tinu Pappachan had earlier collaborated in the latter’s debut directorial . The film’s title was given by , while the story has been written by Kichu Tellus and Vineeth Vishwam. It was produced by Emmanuel Joseph and Ajith Thalapilliy. The soundtrack and background score were composed by . Jinto George is the cinematographer while and Arjun Kallingal served as the editor and photographer. The film was initially scheduled to be released on 26 February 2021, but was postponed due to . It was finally released on 23 December 2021, coinciding with weekend. The satellite and digital rights of the film were sold to and . received positive reviews from critics with praise for its action sequences, acting, cinematography and technical aspects, but criticized its “wafer-thin” story. Sajin Shrijith of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote “Like his mentor , Tinu Pappachan proves once again that he is one of the few filmmakers in Malayalam cinema right now supremely adept at staging chaos.” Akshay Krishna of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote ” is a film that offers impeccable, grounded and realistic action scenes that can be best enjoyed in a theatre.” Anna Mathews of gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote “Ajagajantharam seems purely a movie for the sake of stunts and there is hardly the slightest sliver of a story holding together the fight sequences.” S. R. Praveen of wrote “The tasteful manner in which some of the action sequences are staged often makes us forget all our million grouses with Tinu Pappachan’s film.” Tony Mathew of termed it as “a power-packed action feast” and wrote “This is exactly the dose of high voltage fun you needed right now.”</p>