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Archana 31 Not Out
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Wikipedia article
'Archana 31 Not Out' is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Akhil Anilkumar, and produced by Martin Prakkat, Siby Chavara and Renjith Nair. The film stars Aishwarya Lekshmi, alongside Hakkim Shajahan, Dileep Mohan, Indrans and Ramesh Pisharody.
The plot revolves around the wedding of a 28 year old school teacher named Archana, to an NRI groom takes unexpected twists. It was released on 11 February 2022 to mostly mixed reviews.
Premise
Archana is a private school teacher. She goes through a tough phase as she is 28 and not married yet, also she is losing her job because of a management decision.
30 suitors have rejected Archana and 31st suitor is a NRI guy Prasad working in Gulf. His family members meet Archana and her family. Everything seems to fall in place as the engagement and subsequent marriage is fixed. Things seem to go in the right track, when just before the day of the marriage, Archana receives a call from Prasad's brother in law, mentioning he has eloped with a girl. With the marriage not happening , a lot of emotions go through Archana's mind. She does not reveal on Prasad eloping and the marriage stands cancelled to anyone. On the day of marriage, the ceremony goes as per the plan, but on the dias, Archana reveals about Prasad's betrayal and says boldly that its not a time to cry, but be happy that the marriage with a treacherous person. The guests understand her and everyone celebrates with Archana. In the end its shown that Archana has decided to take her life in her own hands rather than worry about the society.
Cast
*Aishwarya Lekshmi as Archana
*Hakkim Shajahan as Venu
*Dileep Mohan as Shibu (Archana's relative)
*James Varghese as Madhavan (Archana's father)
*S.K. Mini as Archana's Mother
*Aarcha as Anu (Venu's niece and Archana's student)
*Indrans as Lord
*Ramesh Pisharody as Satheeshan (Archana's cousin)
*Rajesh Madhavan as Broker
*Anju Joseph as Saranya (Archana's colleague)
*Renjith Shekar Nair Sumesh
*Sruthy Suresh as Sumesh's wife
*Sunil Sughatha as school principal
*Lukman Avaran as Prasad
*Azeez Nedumangad as Jignesh (Prasad's brother-in-law)
*Anjana Appukuttan as Prassanna (Prasad's sister)
*Remya Suresh
*Vinod Vasudevan as Saranya's husband
*Vinod Thomas
*Archana Anilkumar
*Sneha Reji
*Thankam Mohan
*Joy Payyappilly
Release
The film was released on 11 February 2022.
Reception
The film met with mostly mixed reviews. 'The Times of India' gave 3/5 and wrote "A movie that would have worked best as a short-film". 'Ottplay' gave 3/5 and wrote "Aishwarya Lekshmi, interesting climax elevate this simple but sluggish tale". 'The News Minute' gave 2.5/5 and wrote "This Aishwarya Lekshmi film starts smoothly, slips midway". 'Behindwoods' gave 2.25/5 and wrote "Archana 31 Not Out is a good story bogged down by the less-engaging screenplay". 'The Indian Express' wrote "Aishwarya Lekshmi shines in tiring watch".
References
Category:2020s Malayalam-language films
Category:2022 comedy-drama films
Category:Films shot in Kerala
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