Aaruthra

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Aaruthra
Aaruthra poster.jpg
Poster
Directed by Pa. Vijay
Written byPa. Vijay
Produced byPa. 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
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Aaruthra is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language thriller 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 portray supporting roles. [1] [2]

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Plot

Avudaiappan (K. Bhagyaraj), a private detective, develops suspicion over Shiva (Pa. Vijay), 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 shown Shiva lives happily with family consisting his father (S.A. Chandrasekhar), his mother (Meera Krishnan) and his sister, Aaruthra (Yuvasri Lakshmi). Shiva has a friend named Nambi (Vignesh) 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

Soundtrack

Aaruthra
Soundtrack album by
Released2 July 2018
Recorded Varsha Vallaki Studios
Genre Feature Film Soundtrack
Length21:48
Language Tamil
Label Trend Music
Producer Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Thiruttu Payale 2
(2017)
Aaruthra
(2018)
My Santa
(2019)
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar. [3] [4]

Reception

A reviewer 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". [5] Sify wrote "Pa.Vijays intention to deliver a message against child abuse is laudable, the film fails big time in the execution part." [6]

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References

  1. "'Aaruthra' will feel like a Shankar film: Pa Vijay". The New Indian Express.
  2. "Aaruthra review: A failed Anniyan". The New Indian Express.
  3. "Aaruthra".
  4. "Aaruthra Songs Download: Aaruthra MP3 Tamil Songs Online Free on". Gaana. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. "Aaruthra Movie Review {2/5}: Ample emotions, over-the-top action, partly-convincing heroism and a message". The Times of India.
  6. "Aaruthra review: Amateurish attempt which fails to create any impact". Archived from the original on 31 August 2018.