18 Vayasu

18 Vayasu (transl. 18 years old) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film written and directed by R. Panneerselvam.The films stars Johnny and Gayathrie in lead roles. The music is by Charles Bosco.

18 Vayasu
Film poster
Directed by	R. Panneerselvam
Written by	R. Panneerselvam
Produced by	S. S. Chakravarthy
Starring	Johnny Gayathrie
Cinematography	Shakthi
Edited by	Anthony Gonsalves
Music by	Charles Bosco Dinesh Kanagaratnam
Production company	NIC Arts
Release date	24 August 2012 (2012-08-24)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Karthik develops a psychological disorder after seeing his father commit suicide. He displays animalistic behavior whenever he is anxious. As he grows up, he meets Gayathri, an orphan. Gayathri is constantly harassed by her caretaker, whereas, Karthik is ill-treated by his mother. This is due to her life with her paramour, which affects him a lot. One day, Karthik kills his mother. Gayathri is shocked and decides to end the relationship between Karthik, who runs away, fearing the law. Whether Karthik succeeds in winning back Gayathri's love is what the rest of the film is about.

Cast

• Johnny as Karthik
• Gayathrie as Gayathri
• Rohini as Dr. Suchithra
• Sathyendra as Jocky
• Yuvarani as Karthik's Mother
• Mohammed Fazil as Karthik's friend
• J.Senthil Kumar (J.S) as Police officer
• Sevazhai as Police officer
• Dr. Suri as Karthik's mother's paramour
• Krishna Davinci (writer) as Dr. Suchitra's husband
• Gnanavel as Gayathri's caretaker

Critical reception

Vivek Ramz of in.com wrote "Even though Director Paneer Selvam has a new premise, he lets it go loose with lot of loopholes in the script. He has tried to make the offbeat theme into a mainstream one and failed miserably in doing the same."^[1] K.R. Manigandan of The Hindu claimed that the film misses its mark.^[2]