Aruvi

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Times Of India

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ARUVI SYNOPSIS: Twenty-four-year-old Aruvi is held by the cops for holding a TV studio under siege. Who is she and how did she end up in this situation? Read full review

Behindwoods

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Aruvi - as the title's translation in English goes - falls hard and flows heavy. The same goes for the protagonist, played by Aditi Balan, whose name fits her character as well as the movie perfectly. The metaphors that one can use to draw comparisons do not end just there. Read full review

Deccan Chronicle

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Producers Prakash and Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures who have the knack of choosing great scripts and young talents are at it again bankrolling an extraordinary film Aruvi. Helmed by debutant Arun Prabhu Purushothaman and a super confident newcomer Aditi Balan essaying the titular character, Aruvi is an exemplary work from the former that has already garnered critical acclaim and a few awards at the international film fest circuits. Read full review

Filmcompanion

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Who is Aruvi (Aditi Balan)? That’s what the interrogator (Mohammad Ali Baig), at the police station, wants to know. He sits opposite this twenty-something woman, staring at her bloody face, wondering if she’s a Naxal from Dantewada. The title of the film -- also Aruvi (Waterfall / Stream) -- suggests that our heroine is something of a metaphor (that eco-friendly name! the gradual “pollution” of her body we will soon learn about), but the first half of Arun Prabu Purushothaman’s movie positions her the way Raj Kapoor presented his heroine in Ram Teri Ganga Maili, an innocent from a pristine town who becomes increasingly corrupted as she moves to the big, bad city. Read full review

Hindustan Times

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Debutant filmmaker Arun Prabhu Purushothaman’s Aruvi hits you like a ton of bricks and it’s extremely difficult to not shed tears as the titles roll down. But the film isn’t totally an emotional tale, even though it becomes one towards the end. Aruvi, centred on the eponymous titular character played terrifically by newbie Aditi Balan, works as a satire, an awareness movie and even as a tragedy at times. What it succeeds in achieving - while being crowd-pleasingly entertaining and emotionally moving -- is that it never goes overboard in making its point and that’s the film’s biggest strength. Read full review

First Post

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Here is the verdict on Aruvi: This is a gutsy and outstanding film. 'Aruvi' means a mountain stream, an apt title as the movie itself is a flow of emotions. In an era of a shallow and fraudulent films masquerading as good cinema, here is something which is pure, and at the same time, entertaining. A big hug for debutant director Arun Prabhu Purushothaman, who was willing to take the road less travelled, and actress Aditi Balan for doing a role which no mainstream heroine would dare take up. Read full review