Aachariyangal

Aachariyangal
Directed by	Harshavardhan
Written by	Harshavardhan
Produced by	Harshavardhan
Starring	Thaman Kumar Aishwarya Rajesh Reethu Mangal Mahanadi Shankar
Cinematography	Deepak Bagavanth
Edited by	Athiyappan Siva
Music by	Ganesh Raghavendra
Production company	Purple Patch Entertainment
Release date	24 August 2012 (2012-08-24)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Aachariyangal (transl. Surprises) is a 2012 Tamil-language fantasy thriller film written, produced and directed by debutant director Harshavardhan, starring Thaman Kumar, Aishwarya Rajesh, Reethu Mangal and Mahanadi Shankar. The film released on 24 August 2012.[1]

Plot

Karthik (Thaman Kumar) wants a "spicy life" and asks God to make his life as eventful as possible. He gets a mysterious call from 'God', who tells his that his wish has been granted and his life will change for the better or worse in the next 25 days...

Cast

• Thaman Kumar as Karthik
• Aishwarya Rajesh as Anu
• Reethu Mangal as Anjana
• Swathi as Menaka
• Mahanadi Shankar as Guru
• Kualnchinathan
• Ram
• Narayanan Thirumalai as Keezh Cheree
• Shanthi Williams as Vaani
• Ramdoss as Police Inspector
• Balaji Kannan
• Amarasigamani
• Cool Suresh
• S R Pandiyan

Production

The team of the film met actor Kamal Haasan in July 2012, with the director Harshavardhan being an alumnus of Kamal Haasan's 2009 screen-writing workshop.[2]

Critical reception

Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com rated it 3.5/5 stating that "Aachariyangal's got a sophisticated plot that's narrated with due simplicity and directed with candid straightforwardness."[3] Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express concluded "Aachariyangal is a fairly enagaging [sic] fare from a debutant maker, who has made an effort to strike a different chord."[4] Times of India gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "if Aachariyangal works to a certain extent, it is mainly because of the inherent what-next suspense that the plot holds".[5] Behindwoods gave 1.5 out of 5 and wrote "Aachariyangal might not make your day but it has its trump cards lined-up just when you feel like brushing it away".[6]

The film went unnoticed commercially and resulted in a major loss for Harshavardhan, which he later admitted in 2018 on a video uploaded to his YouTube channel Showpepper TV.

References

1. "Friday Fury - August 24". Sify. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
2. "Aachariyangal team met Kamal Hassan stills". Supergoodmovies.com. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
3. "Aachariyangal Review - Tamil Movie Review by Rohit Ramachandran". Nowrunning.com. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
4. Mannath, Malini (20 August 2012). "'Aachariyangal' (Tamil)". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
5. "Aachariyangal Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of Aachariyangal by Times of India". The Times of India.
6. "Aachariyangal Review - Aachariyangal Movie Review".