Aaruthra

Aaruthra is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Pa. Vijay, who also produced the film, wrote the songs, and played the lead role with Meghali. S. A. Chandrasekhar and Bhagyaraj portraying supporting roles.^[1][2]

Aaruthra
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pa. Vijay
Written by	Pa. Vijay
Produced by	Pa. Vijay
Starring	Pa. Vijay Meghali
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production company	VIL Makers
Distributed by	Thenandal Studio Limited
Release date	31 August 2018 (2018-08-31)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Avudaiappan, a private detective, develops suspicion over Shiva, who lives with his family in Chennai. When the latter is almost caught red-handed, he comes up with the reason why he is into killing people. The flashback shows Shiva lives happily with family consisting his father, his mother and his sister, Aaruthra. Shiva has a friend named Nambi but his betrayal leads Aaruthra get raped and killed. Shiva's parents died too. Shiva was shattered and vows to seek revenge on his family death. In the end, he kills Nambi, thus avenging his family's death.

Cast

• Pa. Vijay as Shivamalai (Shiva)
• Meghali as Parvati
• K. Bhagyaraj as Avudaiappan
• S. A. Chandrasekhar as Shiva's father
• Meera Krishnan as Shiva's mother
• Gnanasambandham as Shiva's uncle
• Yuvasri Lakshmi as Aaruthra, Shiva's sister
• Vignesh as Nambi, Shiva's relative who betrays him
• Rajendran as Avudaiappan's assistant
• Sanjana Singh as Avudaiappan's wife
• Y. G. Mahendran as Ramanujam
• Mayilsamy

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chellama"	Karthik, Varsha Ranjith
2.	"Paavadai"	Sanjana Kalmanje
3.	"Aaruthram"	Karthik, Sriram, Narayanan Ravishankar
4.	"Munimaa"	Sanjana Kalmanje
5.	"Puli Onnu"	Pa. Vijay

Critical reception

Thinkal Menon from The Times of India gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "The messages put across in the film, highlighting the alarming child abuses, looks good on paper, but the execution falls flat".^[4] Sify wrote, "Pa.Vijays intention to deliver a message against child abuse is laudable, the film fails big time in the execution part."^[5]