Sajin Shrijith’s review of Blessy’s ‘Aadujeevitham’: A hard-hitting survival drama blessed by a towering performance from Prithviraj

The drastic transformations brought on by weight loss and other external factors that Prithviraj’s character encounters are remarkable, to say the least.

For any filmmaker looking at adapting a seemingly difficult novel, the main challenge is to do it without losing the essence. Now, when it comes to a survival drama that revolves mostly around a single protagonist, you have the cumbersome task of not only visually translating all his thoughts and monologues – but also the setting in which all the events happen, and doing it well.  

Director Blessy’s film, based on Benyamin’s novel of the same name, may seem an unfilmable novel to many, but he has managed to prove the contrary by mounting a film that’s immense in scope but also performance. 

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