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{{Infobox film
| name = Aacharya
| image =
| caption =
| director = Ravi
| producer = S. N. Raja<br/>E. Chitra<br/>V. Uma Maheshwari
| writer = Ravi
| starring = [[Vignesh (actor)|Vignesh]]<br/>Divya
| music = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| cinematography = Rajavel Mohan
| editing = [[Suresh Urs]]
| distributor =
| studio = ITA Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2006|06|23}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aacharya''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[gangster film|gangster]] [[drama film]] written and directed by Ravi, an erstwhile assistant of [[Bala (director)|Bala]]. The film stars [[Vignesh (actor)|Vignesh]] and newcomer Divya, with [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]], [[Charan Raj]], [[Vadivukkarasi]], [[Ganja Karuppu]], [[Thennavan (actor)|Thennavan]], [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] and C. Ezhumalai playing supporting roles. The music was composed by [[Srikanth Deva]] with cinematography by Rajavel Mohan and editing by [[Suresh Urs]]. The film released on 23 June 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jointscene.com:80/movies/Kollywood/Aacharya_/1746|title=Find Tamil Movie Aacharya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018173554/http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Aacharya_/1746|archive-date=18 October 2011|access-date=18 May 2018|publisher=jointscene.com|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilonline.com/Thendral/article.aspx?aid=387|title='ஆச்சார்யா'வாக விக்னேஷ்!|access-date=18 May 2018|language=Tamil|trans-title=Vignesh as Aacharya|publisher=tamilonline.com}}</ref>

==Plot==
Yadhunandhan was born in a very poor [[Brahmin]] family. He lived in an [[Agraharam]] in [[Mannargudi]] and had to go on a daily [[alms]] round to collect food. His father left the family at an early age, and his mother died shortly after. A kind-hearted [[Muslim]] man took the young Yadhunandhan with him and became his adoptive father.

Many years later, the pious Yadhunandhan comes to the city [[Madurai]] with his degrees in hand to look for a job. One night, the thief Kokki steals Yadhunandhan's bag, and the police arrest the innocent Yadhunandhan for no reason. Police Inspector Sivanandi has sympathy for Yadhunandhan, so he offers him a temporary job. Yadhunandhan does all the dirty work in the police station. He gets his daily food and sleeps in the station. The situation forces Sivanandi to plead with Yadhunandhan to accept a crime he has not committed. In jail, Yadhunandhan crosses over Kokki, who advises him to stay away from the police and convinces him to meet Mayakka. Upon release from prison, he meets Mayakka, the authoritarian gang leader who lords over the market. Impressed by Yadhunandhan's kind words, Mayakka takes him under her wing and gives him a place to live. Yadhunandhan is now called Saamy. The soft-spoken Yadhunandhan easily befriends Mayakka's gang members, and Yadhunandhan discovers that Mayakka is, in fact, a kindhearted person who joined the underworld for a living after the murder of her rowdy husband.

Mayakka, along with six others, works for the local bigwig Annavi Thevar, an influential and intimidating figure. Annavi Thevar rules the criminal underworld of the city, and even the police department is afraid of him. In the meantime, Yadhunandhan and Devakosa Mangai fall in love. Yadhunandhan then helps Devakosa Mangai get selected as a police officer thanks to Annavi Thevar's influence. Koorumathi is a gang leader who wants to control Mayakka's market, so he and his henchmen brutally murder Mayakka in broad daylight. Thereafter, [[Superintendent of police (India)|SP]] Thiruvasagam advises Koorumathi to surrender. Yadhunandhan, who is a pacifist and God-fearing man, decides to kill Koorumathi with the help of his friends for murdering Mayakka. On his way to the magistrate's house, Koorumathi is killed by Yadhunandhan in cold blood.

The murders of Mayakka and Koorumathi trigger a brutal gang war, and the police have been overtaken by the events. The government gives free rein to the police to stop the gang war and to [[encounter killings by police|encounter]] all the rowdies. Yadhunandhan and his friends have no choice but to hide from the police. Yadhunandhan then realizes that Annavi Thevar sold out to the police to save his life. Sivanandi then arrests Yadhunandhan, but instead of encountering him, he sends him to jail because the former felt guilty for sending the latter to jail in the past. Devakosa Mangai becomes a police officer and swears to Yadhunandhan that she will save him at any cost. Thiruvasagam wants Yadhunandhan to disclose the place where the other rowdies are hiding. Yadhunandhan then convinces him not to kill the rowdies but to punish Annavi Thevar, the real culprit of this mess. Yadhunandhan swears that he and the other rowdies will testify against Annavi Thevar.

At the court, two killers and a mole in the police department, appointed by Annavi Thevar, try to attack Yadhunandhan but fail. In a desperate move to save Annavi Thevar, his faithful henchman Pammathan threatens to shoot if the police do not release Annavi Thevar. Thiruvasagam shoots Pammathan in the leg, and Pammathan then triggers his gun. The bullet hits Devakosa Mangai, and she dies on the spot. The film ends with Yadhunandhan bursting into tears and his adoptive father taking Yadhunandhan with him.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Vignesh (actor)|Vignesh]] as Yadhunandhan (Saamy)
*Divya as Devakosa Mangai
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Annavi Thevar
*[[Charan Raj]] as SP Thiruvasagam
*[[Vadivukkarasi]] as Mayakka
*[[Ganja Karuppu]] as Kokki
*[[Thennavan (actor)|Thennavan]] as Koorumathi
*[[Devan (actor)|Devan]]
*C. Ezhumalai as Inspector Sivanandi
*Kadhal Saravanan as Pammathan
*Vichu as Jeevanlal Seth
}}

==Production==
Ravi, who entered the cinema field, came from director [[Bala (director)|Bala]]'s school of learning. With his first film, Acharya, with actor Vignesh, Ravi is sure of his capabilities and believes in producing a good product. Based on a true-life story, director Ravi said to have chosen an interesting line and is treating it very naturally. That the written permission has been obtained from those whose characters are to be projected (they are all still living) is an interesting aside. Actor Vignesh signed to play the lead role of a Brahmin who tries hard to uphold the rituals and traditions that are fast disappearing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/june-06-02/13-06-06-aachariya.html|title=Will Bala's assistant prove himself in Acharya?|date=13 June 2006|access-date=18 May 2018|website=Behindwoods.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/aachaarya-awaited/article3218529.ece|title='Aachaarya' awaited|author=Malathi Rangarajan|date=23 June 2006|access-date=18 May 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/from-mentor-to-protege-tamil-news-44857|title=From mentor to protege|date=7 February 2009|access-date=18 May 2018|website=Behindwoods.com}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album|
| name = Aacharya
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2006
| recorded = 2006
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 23:17
| label =
| producer = Srikanth Deva
| prev_title = [[Evandoi Srivaru]]
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = [[Dharmapuri (film)|Dharmapuri]]
| next_year = 2006
| language = Telgu or Hindi
}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[Srikanth Deva]]. The soundtrack, released in 2006, features 8 tracks with lyrics written by [[Na. Muthukumar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mio.to/album/Aacharya+(2006)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904043625/http://mio.to/album/Aacharya+%282006%29|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2014|title=Aacharya (2006) - Srikanth Deva|access-date=18 May 2018|publisher=MusicIndiaOnline}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/aacharya-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1327740056|title=Aacharya (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Srikanth Deva|date=January 2006 |access-date=18 May 2018|publisher=[[iTunes]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Androru Thai" || [[Sriram Parthasarathy]] || 3:29
|-
|2 || "Nijamai Nijamai" || [[Manikka Vinayagam]] || 3:34
|-
|3 || "Idhu Enna" || [[Bharadwaj (composer)|Bharadwaj]] || 5:23
|-
|4 || "Kathavai Thirandhu" || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]] || 2:36
|-
|5 || "Kannai Katti" || Senthildoss || 2:19
|-
|6 || "Oru Thuli Eru Thuli" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || 5:05
|-
|7 || "Uyirin Uirey" || Senthildoss || 2:51
|-
|8 || "Yar Yaro" || [[Sathyan (singer)|Sathyan]], Azhagu Murugan || 1:57
|}

==Reception==
P. V. Sathish Kumar wrote, "Even if Ravi steers the narrative towards the inevitable cornball conclusion with little care for subtlety, ''Aacharya'' is still most certainly a movie worth watching".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/3125/tamil/acharya/788/review.htm|title=Acharya Review|author=P. V. Sathish Kumar|access-date=18 May 2018|publisher=nowrunning.com}}</ref> ''[[Sify]]'' stated, "Vadivukarasi as Mayakka is simply superb and Charanraj as cop is good. For Vignesh, it is a comeback vehicle and he has done his best while Nassar is riveting as the guy with negative shades" and concluded that the film "is one of the better movies in the gangster genre".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/aarcharya-review-tamil-pclvX5efejead.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126221430/http://www.sify.com/movies/aarcharya-review-tamil-pclvX5efejead.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 November 2018|title=Review : Aacharya (2006)|date=7 July 2006|access-date=18 May 2018|website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

''Indiaglitz.com'' wrote, "Ravi has proved that he has the fire in him to make offbeat entertainers. A welcome addition to the directors keen on rendering movies on new themes".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/aacharya-review-tamil-movie-7985|title=Aacharya Review|date=6 July 2006|access-date=18 May 2018|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref> A reviewer from ''tamilcinema.com'' wrote, "Aacharya is somewhat different and more fast-paced than the typical action films, it will be a successful film."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tamilcinema.com/cinenews/review/2006/aacharya.asp|title=ஆச்சார்யா|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823060421/http://tamilcinema.com/cinenews/review/2006/aacharya.asp|archive-date=23 August 2010|access-date=18 May 2018|language=Tamil|trans-title=Aacharya|publisher=tamilcinema.com}}</ref> ''Cinesouth'' wrote "Director Ravi’s screenplay makes one’s heart ache to see the hero has nothing or nobody last for him".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/new/aacharya0807.shtml|title=Aacharya|website=Cinesouth|access-date=7 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018081757/http://www.cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/new/aacharya0807.shtml|archive-date=18 October 2006}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|2856450}}

[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:2006 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2006 Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian gangster films]]
[[Category:2006 action drama films]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Srikanth Deva]]
[[Category:Films about organised crime in India]]
[[Category:2006 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language action drama films]]
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