Surprises) is a 2012 Tamil-language fantasy thriller film written, produced and directed by debutant director Harshavardhan, starring Thaman Kumar, Aishwarya Rajesh, Reethu Mangal and Mahanadi Shankar.
[2] Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com rated it 3.5/5 stating that "Aachariyangal's got a sophisticated plot that's narrated with due simplicity and directed with candid straightforwardness.
"[3] Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express concluded "Aachariyangal is a fairly enagaging [sic] fare from a debutant maker, who has made an effort to strike a different chord.
"[4] Times of India gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "if Aachariyangal works to a certain extent, it is mainly because of the inherent what-next suspense that the plot holds".
[6] The film went unnoticed commercially and resulted in a major loss for Harshavardhan, which he later admitted in 2018 on a video uploaded to his YouTube channel Showpepper TV.