The film stars M. S. Bhaskar and Kabali Vishwanth, and was produced by KKD under the banner of Kundram Productions.

[1] Veerapandi, whose younger daughter Priya first went missing before being found dead, is determined to find out what exactly happened with her.

However, both have different versions of what actually transpired The film noted the debut of director Arun K Prasad.

[2][3] Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing "Debut director Arun K Prasad throws in a few interesting curveballs in Akkaran.

"[4] Manigandan KR of Times Now gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, stating "A decent crime revenge thriller that manages to reasonably succeed in its mission of entertaining the audience".