Aviyal (2016)

Original title

அவியல்

Directed by

Alphonse Puthren

Genre

anthology film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

U

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four short films, each with different directors and characters, explore everyday moments in Tamil Nadu. The stories range from humorous to poignant, focusing on ordinary people and their relationships.

bittersweetwhimsicalthoughtfulunderstatedslice-of-lifevariedgentleintrospective

What happens

Aviyal is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language independent anthology film consisting of four short films directed by Alphonse Puthren, Shameer Sultan, Mohit Mehra, Lokesh Kanagaraj and Guru Smaran. Nivin Pauly, Bobby Simha, Amrutha Srinivasan, Rajeev Govinda Pillai, Arjunan, Ramachandran Durairaj, and Deepak Paramesh have featured in the short films included in the anthology. Produced by Karthik Subbaraj under his Stone Bench Creations and Bench Flix, it was their second venture after Bench Talkies, which was initially launched after the phenomenal response of the latter. The project Aviyal was launched earlier in November 2015, and the film was distributed by Thenandal Films, which had a theatrical release on 11 March 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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