Aaruthra

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.

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

 * 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
Soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar.
 * "Chellama" - Karthik, Varsha Ranjith
 * "Paavadai" - Sanjana Kalmanje
 * "Aaruthram" -Karthik, Sriram, Narayanan Ravishankar
 * "Munimaa" - Sanjana Kalmanje
 * "Puli Onnu" - Pa. Vijay

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