{{short description|2017 Indian film}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Ayaal Sassi | image = Ayaal Sassi.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Sajin Baabu | writer = Sajin Baabu | screenplay = | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | producer = Sudhish Pillai, P. Sukumar | starring = Sreenivasan | cinematography = Pappu | editing = Ajay Kuyiloor | music = Basil C. J. | studio = Pix N Tales | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|df=y|2017|07|07|India}} | runtime = 122 minutes | country = India | language = Malayalam | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Ayaal Sassi''''' is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Sajin Baabu, produced by Sudhish Pillai and P. Sukumar, and starring Sreenivasan in the lead role, along with Divya Gopinath, Kochu Preman, S. P. Sreekumar, and Anil Nedumangad.<ref name="The Times of India - 3 July 2017 - Where are the good samaritans, asks Sajin Babu">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/where-are-the-good-samaritans-asks-sajin/articleshow/59414993.cms|title=Where are the good samaritans, asks Sajin Babu|date=3 July 2017|work=The Times of India|accessdate=18 September 2018|archive-date=5 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605062513/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/where-are-the-good-samaritans-asks-sajin/articleshow/59414993.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's music is composed by Basil C. J., while the screenplay is based on a story written by Sajin Baabu. ''Ayal Sassi'' was nominated for the Kerala State Film Award in 2016.<ref name="The New Indian Express - 7 March 2017 - Kerala State Film Awards 2016 announced: Manhole takes away the Best Film, Vinayakan bags the Best Actor">{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2017/mar/07/kerala-state-film-awards-2016-anounced-manhole-takes-away-the-best-film-vinayakan-bags-the-best-ac-1578711.html|title=Kerala State Film Awards 2016 announced: Manhole takes away the Best Film, Vinayakan bags the Best Actor|date=7 March 2017|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=8 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308044444/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2017/mar/07/kerala-state-film-awards-2016-anounced-manhole-takes-away-the-best-film-vinayakan-bags-the-best-ac-1578711.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Plot== The film revolves around the life of a sexagenarian named Sassi Namboothiri. He is a carefree person with no family baggage and a gang of friends for whom he conducts parties at his home every weekend. He is known to the people as an artist and makes his living by purchasing drawings from fine arts college students and selling them at a higher price, with his name attached.
One day, Sassi finds out that he is suffering from fourth-stage liver cancer due to his drinking habit and has only six months to live. Sassi orders a "smart" coffin to be cremated in, and converts to Christianity.
In the end, he is told that the coffin he has chosen is much bigger than regular ones and thus cannot be allowed to be cremated. Sassi, feeling despondent, casts the coffin adrift and walks away.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2017/jan/17/sreenivasan-lost-15-kg-for-his-role-in-ayal-sasi-1560236.html|title=Sreenivasan lost 15 kg for his role in Ayal Sasi|last=Sreenivasan lost 15 kg|first=his role in Ayal Sasi|work=The New Indian Express|archive-date=18 December 2024|access-date=4 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218165802/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2017/jan/17/sreenivasan-lost-15-kg-for-his-role-in-ayal-sasi-1560236.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
==Cast== * Sreenivasan as Sassi Namboothiri<ref name=":0" /> * Divya Gopinath as Sreelatha * S. P. Sreekumar * Anil Nedumangad as Mansoor * Kochu Preman as Sathyaneshan
==Soundtrack== * "Sasippattu" – Vineeth Sreenivasan<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/music-review-ayal-sasi/articleshow/59486725.cms|title=Music review – Ayal Sasi|last=Ayal Sasi|first=Music review|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/sreenivasans-ayal-sasi-movies-sassippattu-is-here/articleshow/58401908.cms|title=Sreenivasan's 'Ayal Sasi' movie's 'Sassippattu' is here|last=Sreenivasan's 'Ayal Sasi'|first=movie's 'Sassippattu' is here|work=The Times of India}}</ref> * "Akkana Thikkana" – Sreenivasan
==Reception== Padmakumar K. of ''Onmanorama'' rated the film 3/5 and wrote, "Had there been a bit more maturity in terms of execution, the film would have stood on a totally different pedestal. Yet, Sajin's effort to save the narrative from falling into an entirely intellectual pattern is evident."<ref>{{cite news |title=Ayaal Sassi review: mirroring follies and foibles |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/2017/07/10/ayaal-sassi-movie-review-sreenivasan-sajin-baabu.html |work=OnManorama |date=11 July 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|6231840}}
Category:2017 films Category:2017 Malayalam-language films Category:2017 Indian films