Casting : Vishnu Vishal, Selvaraghavan, Shraddha Srinath, Maanasa Choudhary, Karunakaran, Avinash Y
Directed By : Praveen. K
Music By : Ghibran
Produced By : Vishnu Vishal Studioz – Shubhra, Aryan Ramesh and Vishnu Vishal
On a popular TV show hosted by reporter Sharda Srinath, Selvaraghavan, who is sitting next to the audience, suddenly gets up and takes everyone hostage at gunpoint, shocking everyone. What do you want? When asked, he says, “I am going to kill five people, one every day for the next five days. Stop me if possible.”
After rescuing the hostages and investigating Selvaraghavan’s threats, the police form a team headed by Vishnu Vishal to stop the serial murders. Vishnu Vishal tries to stop the murders he is about to commit, instead of catching the murderer Selvaraghavan. Why is that? ‘Aryan’ is a thriller that surprises thriller lovers by telling them from a perspective that has never been told before.
Vishnu Vishal, who walks majestically in a police uniform with a sleek appearance, has added great strength to the screenplay by displaying a mature performance in the role of a boat investigating a murder case. Although the effects of his personal life, such as love, marriage, and divorce with Manasa, are revealed through a song, he has conveyed it to the audience effortlessly through his powerful acting and body language. In an attempt to prevent the murders, he has done justice to his character by displaying a tight performance that does not harm the excitement of the film, namely the information he collects and the investigation he conducts based on it.
Although Selvaraghavan, who plays the villain, is not scary as a psycho killer, he keeps the audience in suspense throughout the film by raising the question of who is going to kill next? His effortless acting and natural body language make everything he does believable.
Shraddha Srinath, who plays a TV reporter, Manasa Choudhary, who plays Vishnu Vishal’s wife, Karunakaran, and Avinash, who play other roles, have acted in a way that adds strength to the flow of the screenplay.
Although the film travels with a fast-paced screenplay and exciting scenes, music composer Ghibran also conveys the emotions of the characters to the audience through his background music.
Cinematographer Harish Kannan, who has skillfully handled the challenge of creating a feeling beyond fear in the audience, makes the audience connect with the film through his camera angles and colors.
Editor Shaan Lokesh’s editing and stunts by stunt directors Stunt Silva and P.C. Stunt Prabhu have also added great strength to the film.
Written and directed by Praveen.K, the film has handled the story of a psychological thriller from a never-before-seen angle, and the logical screenplay and scenes designed to make it believable have added great strength to the film.
Even though we know who the killer is, the director, who has not let us think about him, has told the murders he is going to commit and the hero’s journey to prevent it in a very interesting way, cleverly portrays Selvaraghavan’s actions and makes us wonder scene by scene.
Generally, when it comes to psychological thriller films, they try to make the audience go crazy by showing the murders in blood and flesh. However, without making any such attempt, director Praveen.K, who has scientifically explained each murder, without revealing any cruelty in the scenes, and has told the huge social problem behind it, has also given a psychological thriller film that can be watched by everyone, from children to adults.
A journey to catch the culprit through murders and the background to the murders is the style of psycho thriller films centered around serial murders. This is the style that has been followed by the successful psycho thriller films released so far. However, without any such style, director Praveen.K. has succeeded in giving a psycho thriller film in a completely new attempt.
