Aavesham (2024)

Aavesham is a Malayalam action comedy directed by Jithu Madhavan, who also wrote the script. Three students from Kerala, Aju, Bibi and Shanthan, arrive in Bengaluru to study aeronautical engineering and are soon abducted and beaten by a senior named Kutty and his gang. Determined to get even, Aju befriends Ranga (Fahadh Faasil), a local gangster, and his henchman Ambaan (Sajin Gopu). Mansoor Ali Khan and Mithun Jai Sankar also feature. Nazriya Nazim and Anwar Rasheed produce under Fahadh Faasil and Friends and Anwar Rasheed Entertainments, and the project was announced in March 2023 as Production No. 1. Jithu Madhavan wrote it between December 2022 and February 2023 and has said it is a standalone film with no connection to Romancham. Sushin Shyam composed the music, Sameer Thahir handled the cinematography and Vivek Harshan edited. Filmed in Bengaluru, it released in theatres in April 2024 and streams on Prime Video.