Oru Kodai Murder Mystery

Oru Kodai Murder Mystery is a thrilling whodunit directed by Vishal Venkat, known for his work on Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal. Produced by Fazila Allana-Kamna Menezes under Sol Production, the series stars an ensemble cast including Abhirami, Akash, Aishwarya,Nikhil Nair,Raghav, John, Namrita, Abitha, Frankin, and Sylvan in pivotal roles. The series premiered on ZEE5 on 21 April 2023.

Plot
The story of Oru Kodai Murder Mystery is set in a picturesque hill town and centers around Vyom, a shy school student who has a crush on Tara, his quiz show partner. On the day of their planned meeting, Tara goes missing, and her body is later discovered in a lake. Devastated by her death, Vyom embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind Tara's mysterious demise with the help of his friends.

Cast

 * Abhirami as Ananthalakshmi (Annie) Varadarajan
 * Aakash as Vyom Varadarajan
 * John Jude Kennedy as Shital Bannerjee
 * Nakshatra as Anandhi
 * Namrita MV as Tara Venkat
 * Abitha Venkatraman as Sanjana
 * Nikhil Nair as Manav Varadarajan
 * Aishwarya Bhaskaran as MLA Meenakshi Mohan
 * Lizzie Antony as DSP Jayanthi Selvaraj
 * Raaghav as Allwyn
 * Pawan as Inspector Madhavan
 * "Aaru" Bala as Ganesh Pandian
 * Jeson Joy as Karthik Soman

Casting
The technical team of the series includes PR Rajkumar as the cinematographer, while music is composed by Sudharshan M Kumar. Mathivathanan has worked as the editor. The screenplay for Oru Kodai Murder Mystery is written by N Padmakumar, with Rohit Nandakumar and N Padmakumar as dialogue writers.

Release
In the beginning of 2022, ZEE5 revealed a lineup of Tamil movies and series, among them being Oru Kodai Murder Mystery which made its debut on 21 April 2023. The makers released the first look trailer of the series on social media platforms on 13 April 2023. The series, which consists of eight episodes, started streaming on ZEE5 on 21 April 2023.

Reception
Chandhini R of Cinema Express rated the series 3/5 and wrote "Oru Kodai Murder Mystery emerges as a partly engaging and partly wishy-washy series offering a cornucopia of suspense and sentiment, albeit mostly relatable to Gen Z."

Thinkal Menon at HT Media (OTT Play) also gave the series 3 stars out of 5 and wrote "Oru Kodai Murder Mystery is a mixed bag of surprises and disappointments. What works is the protagonist's challenges which instantly connect with viewers, but the amateurishness in certain sequences and dialogues are a let down."

A reviewer for Binged gave it 5.5 out of 10 and stated "Tiring Thriller Saved By The Cast And Ending"