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Nobody asked for my review- Vaazha

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This weekend I watched Vaazha. Read on to find out my thoughts about this film.  Vaazha: Biopic of a Billion Boys Vaazha- Biopic of a Billion Boys (2024) ' Vaazha ’ literally means a banana plant in Malayalam. Metaphorically, it refers to unfruitful or good-for-nothing children. Its most popular usage is in a Malayalam adage, one which most people would have heard in their childhood from their parents:  "N inneyokke undaakkunna nerathu oru 'vaazha' vechirunnenkil oru kolayenkilum kittiyene." Translation- "Instead of creating you, I should have spent that time to plant a banana sapling, so that I could have at least gotten a bunch of bananas (I could sell and get money from)" . Vaazha, a coming-of-age dramedy directed by Anand Menen (also known for Gauthamante Radham), is about the lives of five boys.  The movie showcases the father-son relationships that these five boys have with their fathers.  The five boys - Ajo Thomas, Moosa, Vishnu Radhakrishnan, Ab