Aavesham

Aavesham (2024) is a Malayalam-language action comedy directed by Jithu Madhavan — watch online on iFILM. Fahadh Faasil leads as Ranga, an unpredictable small-time gangster who becomes an unlikely problem-solver for three college freshmen. Released in April 2024, it became one of the year's surprise hits in Indian cinema, drawing audiences well beyond Kerala.

Three first-year students land in Bangalore and immediately run into senior bullies making their lives miserable. Their solution: find someone scarier. Ranga fits the bill — except he does not just handle the problem and leave. He moves into their orbit, reorders it entirely, and turns their student life into something between a crisis and an adventure.

Faasil plays Ranga as genuinely unreadable — the next moment could be funny or frightening, and that tension is what drives the film. It crossed language barriers and pulled audiences who do not normally watch Malayalam releases. Stream Aavesham (2024) online on iFILM.