Aachariyangal

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

Aachariyangal (English: Surprises) is a 2012 Tamil fantasy suspense thriller film written, produced and directed by debutant director Harshavardhan, starring Thaman Kumar, Iyshwarya Rajesh, Reethu Mangal and Narayanan. The film released on 24 August 2012.

Cast

• Thaman Kumar as Karthik
• Iyshwarya Rajesh as Anu
• Reethu Mangal as Anjana
• 'Mahanadi' Shankar as Guru
• Narayanan Thirumalai as Keezh Cheree
• Swathi as Menaka
• Balaji Kannan
• Ram
• Shanthi Williams as Vaani
• Amarasigamani

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.

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." Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express concluded "Aachariyangal is a fairly enagaging fare from a debutant maker, who has made an effort to strike a different chord." 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". 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".