''Achaaram'' is a 2015 Tamil-language

crime thriller film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

written and directed by Mohan Krishna and produced by A. Sankara Padma. The film stars

Ganesh Venkatraman Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. He had acted in Radha Mohan's ''Abhiyum Naanum'' (2008), before working in '' Unnaipol Oruvan'' (2009) and ''Kandahar'' (2010). Career Ganesh began his ac ...

, Munna, and

Poonam Kaur Poonam Kaur is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She is also a politician, based out of Telangana and a member of the Congress Party. Career Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, Poonam Kaur did he ...

in the lead roles. The music was composed by

Srikanth Deva Srikanth Deva is an Indian music director of Tamil films. He made his debut as music director in the Tamil movie '' Doubles'' in 2000. He is the son of composer Deva, nephew of the famous music director duo Sabesh–Murali and the cousin of actor ...

with cinematography by R. K. Prathap and editing by

Suresh Urs Suresh Urs is an Indian film editor who works predominantly in the South Indian cinema. He has edited over 700 films and 40 documentaries and television shows. Urs is well known for his association with directors like Girish Karnad, Mani Ratnam ...

. The film released on 19 June 2015.

Synopsis

Suriya, a sub-inspector, hates modern women and kills them secretly at night. When he meets Ramya, the wife of an architect, he becomes obsessed with her.

Cast

as Suriya * Munna as Siva *

as Ramya *

Rekha Bhanurekha Ganesan (born 10 October 1954), better known by her stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema, she has starred in more than 180 fil ...

* Gnanadesh Ambedkar *

O. A. K. Sundar O. A. K. Sundar (born 3 January 1970) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Tamil cinema and television. He is known for his antagonistic roles starting with ''Virumaandi''. He played the main character in the television series, ''Romapuri Pan ...

as Police officer *

Rajya Lakshmi Rajyalakshmi Chandu, better known by her stage name Sankarabharanam Rajyalakshmi (born 18 December 1964) is an Indian actress. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She was well noted f ...

Aishwarya Dutta Aishwarya Dutta is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. After initially appearing in music videos and minor acting roles, she made a breakthrough as an actress with her role in the Tamil movie ''Tamizhuku E ...

as Nandhini (cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

, while lyrics written by

Yugabharathi Yugabharathi is a Tamil poet and lyricist. His birth name was "Santhanam Desan" and he was known as "Santhanam" by his family and friends. During the early 1990s when he began writing poems for magazines he started using the pen name "Yugabharat ...

. *"Kokkoga" - Nincy Vincent *"Unna Vida Maatten" - MLR Karthikeyan,

Srilekha Parthasarathy Srilekha Parthasarathy ( ta, ஸ்ரீலேகா பார்த்தசாரதிis a Tamil singer. She is commonly referred to by her first name Srilekha. She began her professional career in 2000, when she recorded the jingle for th ...

*"En Veettukku" -

Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son of ...

*"Amma En" - Nivas *"Perazhagai" -

Sooraj Santhosh Sooraj Santhosh (born 19 September 1987) is an Indian playback singer who sings mainly in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages and has also sung in Hindi, Kannada and Badaga. He has sung around 200 songs in 8 Indian languages. He was the former ...

, Mahathi

Critical reception

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gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and called it a "decent thriller".

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gave the same rating and wrote, "good execution and noteworthy performances make ''Achaaram'' a fulfilling experience", while calling it a "tactfully arranged psychological thriller".

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

wrote, "The debutant director has tried to offer a dark psychological thriller with some freshness. But the screenplay could have been more interestingly crafted and the narrative style more polished. ''Achaaram'' is at the most a promising work of a debutant maker".

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wrote, "''Acharam'' is watchable for the good performance of Ganesh Venkatraman and also for the basic story-line which reflects the current happenings in the society".

References

External links

* 2015 films 2015 crime thriller films 2010s Tamil-language films Films scored by Srikanth Deva Indian crime thriller films {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub