Jithin Laal’s ‘Ajayante Randam Moshanam’, with Tovino Thomas, is an easy, generic watch, but the premise deserved more

Tovino Thomas plays three roles across three different time periods in Ajayante Randam Moshanam, or A.R.M. The first character (described as someone godly) sets the plot in motion by bringing in three aspects: (1) he is from an oppressed caste that is typically used and also abused (i.e., cheated) by those higher up in the social hierarchy, (2) he introduces us to a magical lamp that will play a part throughout this narrative, and (3) he is a warrior and so are his descendants, who move the main story. After this setup, the film moves in two parallel timelines, with Manian and Ajayan. A.R.M. is in 3D (though my show was in 2D), and so is Tovino. He gets to exercise different dimensions of his persona: the fighter from Godha, the animalistic brute from Kala, and the softer, gentler simpleton we have seen in Mayanadhi. His committed screen presence is the film’s strength.

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