Aachariyangal

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]

Aachariyangal
Directed byHarshavardhan
Written byHarshavardhan
Produced byHarshavardhan
StarringThaman Kumar
Aishwarya Rajesh
Reethu Mangal
Mahanadi Shankar
CinematographyDeepak Bagavanth
Edited byAthiyappan Siva
Music byGanesh Raghavendra
Production
company
Purple Patch Entertainment
Release date
  • 24 August 2012 (2012-08-24)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

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

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. 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".
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