Tamil Movie Review Aviyal - Cast & Crew

Amrutha Srinivasan, born on November 3rd, is an Indian film actress. She was born and brought up in the vibrant and bustling city of Chennai, TamilNadu. Ms. Srinivasan first debuted in 2016, as Shruti, with a Tamil language independent film, namely ‘Aviyal.’ She, recently, achieved fame for her role as Mahati in the thriller themed web-series called ‘Kallachirippu’.

Nivin Pauly is predominantly a Malayalam actor. Born on 11 October 1984, his debut film was Malarvaadi Art Club. The direction of this film was by Vineeth Sreenivasan and production by Dileep. Some of the other films of Nivin Pauly include Bangalore Days, Thattathin Marayathu, Premam, Oru Vadakkari Selfie etc..The films 1983 and Bangalore Days fetched him the Best Actor Award from Kerala State Film Award. Nivin holds a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is happily wedded to Rinna Joy since 2010, and they are blessed with a boy. Before taking up acting as his profession Nivin was working in Infosys for two years.

Nivin’s selection for the Malarvaadi Arts Club was not that easy. He was not one among the shortlisted actors for the audition, but when one person eventually left, Nivin was provided with a chance. Later he became an actor. From then on, Nivin worked in the movies Sevenes and Metro and some short roles in Spanish Masala and Traffic. He also worked in the music video Nenjodu Cherthu. This was a great hit in YouTube. It was the 2012 flick Thattathin Marayathu which was a turning point in Nivin’s career. It was a great hit and he was labeled the present youth sensation. Directors like Sathyan Anthikad, Aashiq Abu, Rajesh Pillai and Shyamaprasad directed Nivin. Neram was the debut film of Nivin in Tamil. Later he acted in some Malayalam films, including Bangalore Days.

The beard is a regular in some of Nivin’s films. Nivin has worked with his colleague Dileep in several Malayalam films. Nivin confesses that he was good at knowing dialogues of films by heart and telling them just like the original. Before taking up acting Nivin had no stage experience and he knew only to dance. Nivin focuses on giving his best to his films.

The Pauly Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

The transformation of Bobby Jayasimha of remote Kodaikanal to Bobby Simha of the Chennai film industry has not been without the inevitable twists and turns that normally affect those striving to enter films from humbler backgrounds.

Deepak Paramesh is a Tamil actor, whose Hometown is Chennai. Before his entry to the silver screen, Deepak has worked in the short films and many of his works are directed with Karthik Subbaraj. Deepak made his cinema debut in the year 2014 with “Burma” that also features Michael Thangadurai and Reshmi Menon. In 2015, he played in an anthology movie, The First Bench by Bench Talkies of Karthik Subbaraj. He played the lead role in Unakkenna Venum Sollu directed by Srinath Ramalingam. In 2016, he performed once again in an anthology film, “Aviyal.” He played in the Kalam segment directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. Karthik Subbaraj produces the anthology film. In 2018, Karthik Subbaraj once again called him for his silent picture, “Mercury,” which released in multiple languages. Prabhu Deva played the lead role in the film. Deepak shared the screen space with Nakshatra Nagesh in the 2018 film, Thottakkal Poovachu directed by Vishnu Subhash. “Petta” with Superstar “Rajinikanth” is once again a refreshing moment f0r Deepak, which is directed by his mentor Karthik Subbaraj. Deepak’s other ventures are Jagame Thandhiram with “Dhanush” and Red Rum with Ashok Selvan. Besides playing in the films, Deepak has done a lot of dubsmash videos impersonating the versatile stars of Kollywood, Rajini and Kamal Haasan.

Rohit Nandakumar is a professional actor and writer. He started his career in the year 2016. He began his journey with the movie Aviyal in the year 2016, which was of a comedy and drama genre. This film was directed by neither one, nor two, but five members, namely Lokesh Kanagaraj, Mohit Mehra, Alphonse Puthren, Guru Smaran, and Shameer Sultan.

Arjunan Nandakumar was born on 8 August 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.The actor stands at 5 feet 4 inches. The actor has made a significant contribution to the Indian Tamil and Malayalam film industry.

The youth of today is certainly making a difference. They are making their presence count in every field. The energy and the freshness they display is certainly new and accepted by everyone. One of the people from this youth regime is Rajesh Murugesan. He was born on 14th May 1988. The 27 years old boy is talented enough to mesmerize you. He is one of the youngest music composers we have in India. He is well versed in Indian classical music. He found a passion for music in his early days. He finds himself lucky that he could find his passion at such an early age. He mostly composes songs in Malayalam Film Industry.

Vishal Chandrasekhar, a young and bright talent, has worked on more than 300 short films and 172 jingles, which everyone in the movie and television industry looks forward to. With so much experience and knowledge in terms of composing, he is still very young and has yet to explore and widen his exposure to more genres. He can take his time to do more and contribute more to this industry, while learning at the same time. Exploring his talent since the age of six, he started performing by the age of 10, taking his passion to play the keyboard. Later, he participated on TV shows that encouraged him to present himself to the world, which eventually increased his confidence in what he did and in turn, he was able to win, being the Best Music Director in ‘Nalaya Iyakkunar’ show on Kalaignar TV. Graduating from Tamil Nadu from the Anna University with a master’s degree in Electronic Media, he subsequently completed the foundation course at the KM Music Conservatory.

Anil Krishnan is an Indian director, writer and film editor. He graduated from the GRD School of Science with expertise in the field of colour grading and film editing. Krishnan is a born prodigy, according to some, who began editing film songs by the age of 15 and had decided that he wanted to make a career in the entertainment industry. He shifted to Chennai with his family in search of a job. It was here that he met director RS Prasanna at a film editing workshop, who was later to become his mentor. Krishnan wanted to become a director, but became popular for his editing skills after he worked on a TV show called "Naalaya Iyakunar". A Post that he made a short film titled "Kanupuddi" with director Arun Sudhakar. Krishnan went on to open Pixelite Studios, which he runs in partnership with Jerin Raja, a friend and a software engineer.

Alphonse Puthren is a versatile Indian director, actor, producer, playback singer, screenwriter and editor. He was born on 10 February 1984 in Aluva, Kerala to Puthren Paul and Daisy Chacko. He completed his schooling from Amrita Vidyalayam in Kochi and his graduation from M.E.S. College in Aluva with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications.

The eminent filmmaker had been successfully sustaining in media for a very long time. Director Shammeer Sultan from a dignified Muslim background had gone schooling to Prince Matriculation Higher Secondary School and pursued a degree from the most privileged Anna University.

Mohit Mehra is an Indian movie director who has majorly worked in Kollywood. His film Aviyal was released on 2016. Before entering into film industry, Mohit Mehra was a short film director. Aviyal is a rare venture in the sense that it is an anthology of short films. It was produced by Karthik Subbaraj’s Bench Talkies. Aged 22 while directing the film, Mohit entered the film industry as soon as completing college. Mohit is good in speaking and writing Tamil and was brought up in Chennai.

Lokesh is a famous writer and director in Tamil Film Industry. He joined the industry in 2014. He is an alumnus of PSG College of Arts and Science. The director did his graduation from Anna University. He has done his schooling from PMHS. Before coming to tinsel town, he was a bank employee for almost 4-5 years at a private company. Mr. Kangaraj made a short film for his company’s cultural event, fetched him the first prize. Kalam is his entry to Kollywood. He idealizes Karthik Subbaraj as his mentor, as he helped and encouraged him in his journey.

Guru Smaran is an Indian film director, whose directorial debut is the movie Kanneer Anjali. He works primarily in the Tamil film industry. He runs Madras Eye Films, an independent media services company, and writes and directs corporate, commercial, and promotional films. He has written and directed one of the five episodes of Aviyal, an anthology feature film released in March 2016. He is always looking for challenging projects to help him become a filmmaker. He has worked as a System and Network Administrator for eCalyx India Pvt. Ltd., and TeemBrains, inc. He was an IT Security Consultant at TVS Logistics Services Ltd; Project Lead at Shobha Renaissance Information Technology; Technical Lead at HCL Technologies, and Technosoft Corporation. 

Karthik Subbaraj is a Tamil director. He lives in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Karthik has completed his matriculation and higher education from SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai. He was a very discipline student during his school days with excellent academic records. Karthik has also attended Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai-15 to complete his engineering degree. He has specialised in mechatronics. He started his career with Infosys Bangalore working as a software engineer. His tenure of working in Infosys was five years out of which he has spent two years in the US. While he was working in Bangalore, his interest in film making developed. During weekends, he used to make short films. He attended a one day workshop called as Film Camp of Sanjay Nambiar. In this workshop, he learned the basics of film making. Later he enhanced his film making skills in the US.

S. Selvakumar is an Indian film cinematographer and producer. He is the co-cinematographer of the 1991 Tamil horror film, Uruvam; a low-budget film, which they completed within 12 days. In 2013, he worked on the cinematography of the Malayalam romantic film, Pattam Pole. The film marks the directorial debut of his co-cinematographer, Alagappan N.

Kugan S Palani is a Cinematographer from South India. He is working for VJ Productions from 2013. As of date, he has completed three movies as a cinematographer. His first entry as a cinematographer is a Tamil movie named “Asurakulam” released in 2015 which is an action movie and it had leading Tamil actors like Thambi Ramaiah, John Vijay, with direction by Vignesh Menon. The Film got distributed by Eros International. In this Movie, he had a chance to work with Anand Jeeva who is also a cinematographer by profession.

Naveen George Thomas is an Indian collaborator executive and supporting entertainer, known for 24 (2016), Ishq (2012) and Hello (2017). He is a person with a huge yearning to search for after his energy. He is more vivacious than down to business, makes him bolder inside. From time to time, he doesn't report object on little issues; he clutches the opportunity to dither into various activities, for instance, singing, playing guitar, show, and move.

Vivekanandan is the birth name of the versatile comedian Vivek. He is introduced by the legendary director Balachander through the film Manadhil Urudhi Vendum. It is the film in which Ramesh Arvind was also introduced. They both acted as brothers of Suhasini in that film. He got famous through Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal, as his dialogue Innaikku Seththa Naalaikku Paal reached the viewers well. He acted with top actors and reached fame within a short span. He performed with Rajini in Uzhaippali, Veera and Sivaji. His role in Kadhal Mannan, an Ajith starter, was loved by many people. Vivek acted with Vijay in Kushi and Priyamanavale. He performed with Vadivelu in few films and the notable one is Middle Class Madhavan, a Prabhu movie. Both Vadivel and Vivek performed humorously in that film. After the invasion of many comedians like Santhanam and Suri, the chances get lessened for Vivek. He performed as Eka in the Dhanush movie Uthamaputhiran, which was outstanding. Singham of Surya had Vivek as a Police constable. His recent movies are Velai Illa Pattadhaari with Dhanush and Yennai Arindhaal with Ajith. He has also acted as a solo hero in the film named Nan Than Bala. The film did not go well as expected, but he has won positive criticism from the critics. 

Medayil Radhakrishnan Rajakrishnan is an Indian audiographer, sound designer, and music director. He was born on May 25th, 1977 in Trivandrum, Kerela. His family has had many great musicians. His father, M.G. Radhakrishnan was a master of Carnatic Music and a renowned music director in the Malayalam film industry. His mother Padmaja Rakdhakrishnan is famous in the field of art and literature. His grandparents were also renowned singers of Carnatic music, and his uncle, M.G. Sreekumar is a Malayalam singer. He is married to Manju Radhakrishnan and has a daughter, Gowri Parvathy.

Philomin Raj is an Indian industry film editor who has predominantly worked in Tamil cinema. Raj is recognized as one of the most professional workers in the industry and has a reputed image within the top stars of the Kollywood industry. He has been active in Kollywood cinema for more than ten years and frequently collaborates with Lokesh Kanagaraj.

Prasanna G. K. is a film editor in the Indian film industry. He works predominantly in the Tamil film industry. He was born on 16 December in 1986. He completed his education from Madras Christian College situated in Chennai.

Sarathkumar is famous south Indian film actor. He is also a acclaimed journalist, politician and film critic. He was born and brought up in Delhi. He has acted in more than 150 Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada movies. His debut performance was in a Telugu movie “Samajamlo Sthree” whose producer was his friend. His character was having negative undertones. The film was a block office failure and didn’t create appreciation.

While he was working in Chennai, he got the opportunity to work in Tamil movies. He cast the role of a business man in “Pudu Padagan”. His appearance in “Velai Kidaichuduchu” was also noted. The film tells the struggle of youth to end up with a job. The film received good response and was declared a box office hit.

He also made a magnificent performance in the move Pazhassi Raja, directed by Hariharan. This was his debut performance in a Malayalam film. The film was well received and a box office hit.

Anand C Chandran is an Indian cinematographer. Born to Bini Chandran on April 3, 1991, Anand showed interests in filming videos right from a very young age. This 25 year old was born in Kerala. He attended Sivagiri Vidyaniketan for his lower primary schooling and completed his primary education from Rajagiri Higher Secondary School. He later joined Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir in Girinagar and at the same time, he joined IGM Public School. He has a sister. He is fluent in English and Malayalam. Anand shot video clips on his phone camera in his early days when he had this epiphany, which he wanted to pursue it as a career.