No, it’s not a stoner movie, and our hero is just not smoking any grass. “Is there any other tree in nature with such fine feminine beauty as a plantain plant,” goes the voiceover that justifies the protagonist Ashokan’s (performed by Gregory) obsession to hunt an intimate relationship with a plant. Maniyarayile Ashokan is the story of a lonely man who initiatives his wishes for love and intimate companionship on a plantain plant. Maniyarayile Ashokan movie score: One star Maniyarayile Ashokan movie director: Shamzu Zayba Maniyarayile Ashokan movie cast: Gregory, Anupama Parameswaran, Krishna Sankar, Shine Tom Chacko