Meet the animator who creates spoofs from iconic Malayalam movie scenes

When his career was paused by the pandemic, Visakh VM from Haripad starting creating 2D animation videos, and inadvertently built himself a new career

They reach for the same book, Love and Love Only, at a book store, and it is love at first sight for Sudhi and Mini. As the song ‘Oru rajamalli’ plays in the background, he gives her the book, and walks away. This is a scene from the cult Malayalam romantic movie, Aniyathipravu, starring Kunchacko Boban and Shalini as the lead characters.

Now let your imagination run wild. What if they get into a fight? And can you make a connection between the book and Monson Mavunkal, the infamous fraud antique dealer from Kerala? Young animator Visakh VM has done this, much to the delight of social media audiences, in his latest animation spoof video.