Featuring music composed by Thaman and cinematography by Aravinnd Singh, the film began production during November 2015 and released in February 2016.
[2] ACP Aravind was a daredevil police officer who is now off duty due to his drinking habits, which he engaged in after his wife Miya and child Meenu were murdered by criminals who wanted revenge.
The words are later found to point to biblical proverbs, thus helping Aravind lead to conclusions that the killer is insane and that he assumed the victims gave up their lives for the sins committed by their respective wives.
Rediff wrote "Director Arivazhagan's Aarathu Sinam is a decent crime thriller with plenty of exciting moments that make it worth a watch.
"[9] Behindwoods wrote " All that considered, Arivazhagan's Aarathu Sinam is definitely a progressive Tamil movie that deserves a watch for its sincere attempt at the less explored investigative crime thriller genre.
His visual sense is brilliant and apt to suit the stories he selects"[10] Sify cites "Remaking a Malayalam classic is definitely an arduous task.
Memories is one of the finest crime thrillers made in Malayalam cinema and to be honest, Arivazhagan has successfully pulled it off to a very large extent.
[11] Baradwaj Rangan of the Hindu wrote "Maybe something got lost in the translation, but there's no mood, no atmosphere, no white-knuckle tension in Aarathu Sinam.