Aviyal
An anthology of short films contains four shorts with a prelude that are linked by their genre.
Directed by Alphonse Putharen · Comedy · Crime · Thriller · 2016
Trailer
Director
Alphonse Putharen
Writer
Alphonse Putharen, Shameer Sultan, Raju, Lokesh Kanagaraj, Guru Smaran, Suryaa Balakumaran
Studio
Stone Bench Creations / Bench Flix
Release
2016
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Full Plot
Aviyal is a collection of five Tamil short films made by various directors, including Alphonse Puthren, Sameer Sulthan, Lokesh Kanakaraj, Mohit Mehra and Guru Smaran.
Cast & Characters
Lead
Nivin Pauly
Supporting
Ranga
Supporting
Deepak Paramesh
Supporting
Ramachandran
Shruti
Amrutha Srinivasan
Naveen George Thomas
Vipreeth
Divya Kapoor
Karthick CM
Michael
Moses Rajkumar
an actor
Krishnamoorthy
Did You Know?
Nivin Pauly appears in 7 films in our catalog, including Bangalore Days, Richie.
Source: theIReview.com catalog · verified 2026-08-02
Following the encouraging response to Bench Talkies – The First Bench (2015), Karthik Subbaraj announced plans of releasing a second anthology of short films soon after the initial project had released.
Source: Wikipedia · verified 2026-08-03
Baradwaj Rangan, writing for The Hindu, stated "Aviyal, the second anthology, is a huge improvement—not just in terms of craft and performances, but also because the filmmakers don’t expect us to watch with caveats.
Source: Wikipedia · verified 2026-08-03
Critical Assessment
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Aviyal has a 6.2/10 rating on IMDb from 188 votes.
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Aviyal was directed by Alphonse Putharen.
