{{short description|1993 film directed by Ashokan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name =Aacharyan | image = | caption = | director = Ashokan | producer = | writer = | screenplay = | starring = Thilakan<br/>Suresh Gopi<br/>Sreenivasan | music = Ouseppachan<br/>'''Lyrics:'''<br/>Bichu Thirumala | cinematography = Prathapan C R | editing = G Venkitaraman | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1993}} | country = India | language = Malayalam }}
'''''Aacharyan''''' is a 1993 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Ashokan and starring Thilakan, Suresh Gopi and Sreenivasan in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=2664%7ctitle=Aacharyan%7caccessdate=2014-10-27%7cpublisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com|title=List of Malayalam movies by year – Released and unreleased|work=malayalachalachithram.com|accessdate=3 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.msidb.org/m.php?1741 |title=Aacharyan |accessdate=2014-10-27 |publisher=malayalasangeetham.info |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133936/http://en.msidb.org/m.php?1741 |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/aacharyan-malayalam-movie/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144750/http://spicyonion.com/title/aacharyan-malayalam-movie/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 April 2015|title=Aacharyan|work=Spicyonion.com|accessdate=3 March 2015}}</ref> The story is about an investigative journalist who tracks down a drug trafficking gang with the help of a retired civil servant and an ex-police officer.
==Plot== Sivashankaran, a journalist, goes in search of the truth regarding the death of Jeevan Kumar, a college student. He is determined to bring the criminals to justice.
==Cast== *Thilakan as Krishna Menon IAS *Suresh Gopi as DySP Azad *Sreenivasan as Journalist Shivashanker or Shiva *Jagathy Sreekumar as Chief Reporter Prabhakaran or Prabhu *Janardhanan as Raveedranath *Vineeth as Abraham or Ebru *Shari as Sumithra Shivashanker * Rajeev Nanayankar as Unni *Yashoda Wimaladharma as Rekha Raveedranath *Cleetus Mendis as Abdulla Koya *Mahesh as Jevankumar *K. P. A. C. Azeez as Azad's father *Prathapachandran *K. P. Ummer as Alaxander Priest *Kollam Thulasi as Chief Minister
==Soundtrack== The music was composed by Ouseppachan and the lyrics were written by Bichu Thirumala.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss) |- | 1 || "Chaayam Poya"<ref>{{Citation|last=Tunix Records|title=Chaayam Poya... {{!}} AACHARYAN {{!}} Bichu Thirumala {{!}} Ouseppachan {{!}} K.S. Chithra {{!}} 1993|date=2018-08-14|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8lqliujnTw|access-date=2018-11-22}}</ref> || K.S.Chithra || Bichu Thirumala || |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|tt0353143}}
Category:1993 films Category:1993 Malayalam-language films Category:Films scored by Ouseppachan
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