Vishnu Vishaal is coming with a crime thriller titled Aaryan. The film which released in Tamil is releasing one week later on 7 November 2025. The film directed by Praveen K stars Selvaraghavan in key role. Let us see how the film thrilled viewers. Aaryan OTT rights have been bagged by Netflix and streaming will be after the end of its theatrical run.
Aaryan story revolves around a writer who struggles to meet his both ends goes on record and challenges all that he will commit a perfect crime. DCP Nandi (Vishnu Vishaal) who is fighting a divorce case with his wife Anitha (Maanasa Chowdhary) is entrusted with the job of solving a mysterious crime in a TV Studio. Where this leads to and how it is connected to struggling writer Athreya (Selvaraghavan), host Nayana (Shraddha Srinath), DCP Kabir (Tarak Ponnappa), form the interesting part of the narration.
Vishnu Vishaal played the role and he did it in his own style. Selvaraghavan is fine in his role. Shraddha Srinath got a role that offered nothing at all. It is unforgettable altogether. Manasa Chowdhary is also confined to just few scenes.
Aaryan story is penned by Praveen K. He came to thrill viewers with a crime thriller. He starts the narration in an interesting and gripping manner. But he quickly loses steam and the narration drifts dragging completely with unnecessary scenes diluting the intensity levels.
During the promos everyone drew comparisons of Aaryan with cult classic Ratchasan but with in few minutes everyone feels that the script is generated using AI. The proceedings lacked novelty and turned preachy and when everyone expects Vishnu Vishaal's entry will take the proceedings forward, contrary to it, the narration nosedives.
The scenes appear in such a manner making it a tedious watch testing the patience of the viewers. The film lacks drama, misses emotions that are essential to connect chords with the viewers. The director and the writer should be held responsible for the inept final output.
The characters are not developed and the actors like Shraddha Srinath and Manasa Chowdhary are underused. The so called social message in the film looks out of sync and offered no respite to the viewers.
Ghibran tried to elevate the scenes as much as his wont with his background music. Though there is nothing in the story and screenplay, he with his intense background music tried his best but at times one feels that he is overdoing it. Editing left a lot to be desired as there are many scenes that slowed the tempo and San Lokesh chose not to attend to them for some reason. The cinematography of Harish Kannan is good and gave the realistic feel to the proceedings. Dialogues are just ok and production values are decent.
Altogether, Aaryan turns out to be cliched investigative thriller. Actors just passed through the motions. While the director Praveen came up with an interesting plot but failed with his story, screenplay and direction. The writing turned out to be silly and outdated. Considering all these aspects, Cinejosh goes with a 1.5 rating for Aaryan.