Andhagan

Blind Man) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime thriller film directed by Thiagarajan and produced by Staar Movies.

The film stars Prashanth, Simran and Priya Anand, with K. S. Ravikumar, P. Samuthirakani, Yogi Babu, Urvashi, Manobala and Vanitha Vijayakumar in supporting roles, and Karthik in a special appearance.

The film has music composed by Santhosh Narayanan, cinematography handled by Ravi Yadav and editing by Sathish Suriya.

At a diner, a retired actor, Karthick, notices Krish and invites him to give a private performance for his wedding anniversary.

Krish happens to see the murder when he arrives to give piano lessons to Karthick's daughter, Sanjana, but is forced to continue feigning blindness.

Sami reveals that Simi has a rare blood type and that her organs would sell for millions; he also plans to use her corneas to restore Krish's sight.

In August 2019, it was announced that Thiagarajan had purchased the rights to remake the Hindi film Andhadhun (2018) in Tamil, outbidding other producers like Dhanush and Siddharth.

Thiagarajan said he had been in discussions with the production house of Andhadhun since that film's release, and due to the rapport that they developed, he was able to acquire the remake rights.

[7] The team held discussions with Gautham Vasudev Menon in late August 2019 about directing the film, but he ultimately did not sign on the project.

[11] Raja's withdrawal was reported to be due to scheduling conflicts with a Telugu film he had previously signed on to direct.

[5] In April 2020, Thiagarajan said there had been discussions with Tabu to reprise her role as the retired actor's wife from Andhadhun, but the actress eventually did not sign on.

[19] That August, Thiagarajan said Yogi Babu would play the "crucial role" of an auto driver, and Karthik had also agreed to join the film.

[21] The producers held discussions with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play the role earlier offered to Tabu during October 2020, but she did not sign the film.

[16] Vanitha had not watched Andhadhun until after she was approached for the role, and chose to act on instinct without being influenced by Kalsekar's performance.

[15] Manav Vij was initially chosen to reprise his role from Andhadhun as the police inspector, but ultimately did not remain on the project because of delays in the beginning of production.

[31] It was later rescheduled to begin in January 2021,[32] but ultimately began on 10 March at Prashanth Gold Tower, Chennai, hours before Fredrick announced his exit.

[29] By 27 April, filming had been suspended indefinitely due to the second wave of the pandemic in India, with Thiagarajan saying it would resume once the entire crew was vaccinated against COVID-19.

[36] Principal photography wrapped by mid-2022, with the exception of a song sequence choreographed by Prabhu Deva, which was filmed in mid-November that year.

[46] The film was had its television premiere on Astro Vinmeen respectively on 30 October 2024,[47] and began streaming on Amazon Prime Video from 26 November.

[55] Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, saying it "delivers a mix of suspense and humor that keeps audiences engaged throughout", noting its faithfulness to the original.

[56] Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times, despite noting the film's faithfulness, said the remake "definitely falls short in numerous aspects including the casting and music".

[57] Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Somehow, Thiagarajan’s loyalty to Sriram Raghavan’s writing holds Andhagan in good stead, and it only gets better with the effective casting".

[59] Narayani M of Cinema Express rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying, "Despite the lack of surprises, Andhagan holds on to its strongest feature—a solid screenplay" and lauded the cast performances, including those with limited screentime, but felt Priya Anand's character was "extremely unidimensional".