Power of social media: Adventures of Omanakuttan goes houseful for the first time

Debutant director Rohith VS' social media comment on the fate of his movie Adventures of Omanakuttan rubbed off on the audience resulting in Asif Ali starrer's first houseful show on Monday, May 23.

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Despite being opened to positive response, Adventures of Omanakuttan had failed to perform well at the box office till Monday. Things changed after Rohith commented "If you want to watch the movie [Adventures of Omanakuttan], do it before it goes off the screen," [translated from Malayalam]," on one of the Facebook posts. Soon many celebrities, including Basil Joseph, Aashiq Abu, Ganesh Raj, Omar Lulu, Midhun Manuel Thomas, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Sunny Wayne, Rima Kallingal, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Adil Ibrahim and Shebin Benson had shared the comment of the director on their social media pages and extended their support to the whole team of Adventures of Omanakuttan.

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And the good words resulted in a turnaround. The experimental movie ran to a packed house at Aries Plex SL Cinemas in Thiruvananthapuram for the night show on Monday. In a live Facebook video from the theatre, actor Saiju Govinda Kurup and movie's producer Antony Binoy had shared their excitement in seeing the houseful board at the ticket counter. The power of social media indeed!

Meanwhile, on Monday evening, Asif, who had deactivated his Facebook page for quite some time, came live on Fb and requested the audience to watch and support the movie. 

"This is the first time I have tried a character role. I was not on Facebook for a while, but tried my best to promote the movie on TV channels and other means like I always do. Adventures of Omanakuttan is the result of a lot of people's hard work. It is a good movie and many called the performance my best till date. Some viewers have pointed at the drag in the first half, but it was done intentionally as the script demanded it. We gave complete freedom to the director to do the movie as he saw fit [translated from Malayalam]," Asif is heard saying in the video.

"If I am the reason you haven't watched the movie in theatre, I request you not to be prejudiced against Adventures of Omanakuttan in the light of my previous films. It's not an extraordinary movie but an experimental film. And if you support this film, it will give confidence to filmmakers to follow suit in future," Asif added.

Check out the audience response on Adventures of Omanakuttan here:

Appu N. Bhattathiri‏ 

#AdventuresOfOmanakuttan is interesting and isn't getting the attention it deserves. The editor of the film, Livingston, is a star! #GoForIt

BMS Users

Wonderful movie story is very nice hero and co stars very nice performance great screen presence direction is very good thank you movie team such a nice movie

after a break asif ikka again rocking with his new team. its a super movie for those people who always seeks adventures in their life. Bhavana again proved that she is tough and bold girl... Love you team and wish all success...

The movie adventures of omanakuttan is realy amazing asif ali and bhavana is acting very well and the story and direction is only average i think this movies although good the movie is an one time watchable movie in malayalam film industry

AOK is a paisa Vasool Entertainer.Except some 10 minutes lag in second half the film is a good watch for everyone.Asif Ali's comeback film aarkum ithu.

Firstly I would say the biggest advantage of this movie is that we cannot see Asif ali in it. Yes, I mean it... This is an out and out Omanakuttan show. Bhavana was in all her grace and beautiful looks adds spices to the visuals. On a whole Adventures of omanakuttan is a total visual entertainment package which brings out the stellar performance of many artist. nnSiddique deserves special round of applause along with Aju vargheesh and Saiju kurup..

Very good movie...a pure comedy romantic entertainer...,Excellent direction, acting and other technical aspects...must watch movienGood job.

Nothing To say. Waste of tym waste of money n all.. Acting Nt such a Bad Thing Bt The Movie Is worst Nothing Rare .Cinematography goodCamera.Good tats all

Debutant director Rohith VS made his debut remarkable. Asif Ali portrayed Omanakuttan with perfection and it is one of his ever best performances. And Bhavana as usual conquered the hearts with her charming looks and cool acting style... Aju Varghese, Sidhique, Shajon and Saiju Kurup had done their roles very well

BMS users

The team has put together a great entertainer. I really enjoyed the movie. The characters are life like and we can really relate to their emotions and actions. Highly recommended for people ages 15 and above. :-)-

The movie makes for a decent watch with commendable performances and gripping screenplay,Within a few seconds into the movie, audience can sense that they are in for a thrilling ride sprinkled with comedy, as the film deftly balances the scenes of police chase.

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