{{Short description|2012 Indian film by Harshavardhan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Aachariyangal | director = Harshavardhan | writer = Harshavardhan | starring = Thaman Kumar<br />Aishwarya Rajesh<br />Reethu Mangal<br />Mahanadi Shankar | producer = Harshavardhan | music = Ganesh Raghavendra | cinematography = Deepak Bagavanth | editing = Athiyappan Siva | studio = Purple Patch Entertainment | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|08|24}} | language = Tamil | country = India }}
'''''Aachariyangal''''' ({{translation|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday Fury - August 24 |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-august-24-news-tamil-miykJPedbgg.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826002340/http://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-august-24-news-tamil-miykJPedbgg.html |archive-date=26 August 2012 |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=Sify}}</ref>
==Plot==
Karthik 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== {{cast listing| *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 *Rajapandi as Soori }}
==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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-04 |title=Aachariyangal team met Kamal Hassan stills |url=http://www.supergoodmovies.com/46706/kollywood/aachariyangal-team-met-kamal-hassan-stills-news-details |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706231246/http://www.supergoodmovies.com/46706/kollywood/aachariyangal-team-met-kamal-hassan-stills-news-details |archive-date=6 July 2012 |access-date=2012-08-18 |publisher=Supergoodmovies.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==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."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-25 |title=Aachariyangal Review - Tamil Movie Review by Rohit Ramachandran |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/11207/tamil/aachariyangal/3861/review.htm |access-date=2013-04-23 |publisher=Nowrunning.com}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=2012-08-20 |title='Aachariyangal' (Tamil) |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/reviews/article591379.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827032738/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/reviews/article591379.ece |archive-date=27 August 2012 |access-date=2013-04-23 |publisher=The New Indian Express}}</ref> ''The 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".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Aachariyangal Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of Aachariyangal by Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/movie-reviews/Aachariyangal/movie-review/15753380.cms |work=The Times of India}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aachariyangal Review - Aachariyangal Movie Review |url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/aug-12-04/aachariyangal-review.html}}</ref>
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Category:2012 films Category:2012 Tamil-language films Category:2012 Indian films Category:2012 directorial debut films