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{{Infobox film
| name = Aarkkariyam
| image = Aarkkariyam Release Poster.jpeg
| image_size =
| caption = Promotional poster
| director = [[Sanu John Varghese]]
| producer = [[Aashiq Abu]] Santhosh T. Kuruvilla
| writer = Sanu John Varghese Arun Janardanan Rajesh Ravi
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Biju Menon]]
* [[Parvathy Thiruvothu]]
* [[Sharafudheen]]
}}
| music ='''Score:''' Sanjay Divecha '''Songs:''' Yakzan Gary Pereira [[Neha Nair]]
| cinematography = G. Sreenivas Reddy
| editing = [[Mahesh Narayan]]
| studio = [[Aashiq Abu|OPM Cinemas]] Moonshot Entertainments
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2021|04|01}}
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}
'''''Aarkkariyam''''' ({{trans|Who Knows?}}) is a 2021 Indian [[Mystery film|mystery]] [[drama film]] directed and co-written by [[Sanu John Varghese]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=TNM |title=Watch: Trailer of Biju Menon and Parvathy 'Aarkkariyam' is intriguing |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/watch-trailer-biju-menon-and-parvathy-aarkkariyam-intriguing-145037 |access-date=1 April 2021 |publisher=The News Minute |date=11 March 2021}}</ref> Co-written by Arun Janardanan and Rajesh Ravi, the film stars [[Biju Menon]], [[Parvathy Thiruvothu]], and [[Sharafudheen]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=M. |first1=Athira |title=I had my doubts about pulling off the role in 'Aarkkariyam': Biju Menon |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/in-conversation-with-actor-biju-menon/article34197978.ece |access-date=1 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=30 March 2021}}</ref> The film is produced by [[Aashiq Abu]] and Santhosh T. Kuruvilla, Aarkkariyam released on May 17, 2021. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Soman |first1=Deepa |title=Aarkkariyam Movie Review: An interesting premise paralyzed by average execution |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/aarkkariyam/movie-review/81839372.cms |access-date=1 April 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=1 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Praveen |first1=S.R. |title='Aarkkariyam' movie review: Biju Menon impresses, but film doesn't fulfill its potential |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/aarkkariyam-movie-review-biju-menon-impresses-but-film-doesnt-fulfill-its-potential/article34215665.ece |access-date=1 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=1 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=TNM |title='Aarkkariyam' review: Parvathy, Biju Menon, Sharf U Dheen are great in this slow drama |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/aarkkariyam-review-parvathy-biju-menon-sharf-u-dheen-are-great-slow-drama-146346 |access-date=1 April 2021 |publisher=The News Minute |date=1 April 2021}}</ref>

== Plot ==
The story is set in the backdrop of the Covid lockdown of 2020. Ittyavira (Itty) is a retired mathematics teacher living alone in Palai, Kottayam, Kerala. His only daughter Shirley is married to Roy and living in Mumbai. Roy is a businessman and is struggling with some financial problems. The Covid slowdown only makes it worse. Roy and Shirley comes to Pala for a vacation. While they are at Pala, Itty comes to know about their financial difficulty and let's them know that he is ready to sell his estate and that it would be more than enough to cover Roy's financial problems and leave some money for Iity. Itty also wants to dispose off the large property and live in an apartment due to his age and failing health. However, Itty informs Roy that before selling the property, he wants to dig up the skeleton of a man he had killed and buried at the property as construction by the new owner might lead to the discovery of the skeleton.

Roy is shocked at the revelation. The dead man is none other than Shirley's wayward first husband Augustine. The incident happens when Shirley was in hospital after the birth of her daughter and Augustine comes home after months of disappearance and is amused that she was pregnant and had a baby. Itty lets Roy know the circumstances of the crime. Itty also doesn't disclose the crime to his daughter as he believes that everything happens due to God's will.

The crime was never discovered as Augustine used to disappear for long periods and a decomposing body was identified as Augustine's body by his mother and Shirley. Roy is in anguish, he doesn't want to be an abettor in the crime but finally helps Itty dig up the bones and burn it. Old Itty moves into his new apartment and begins to shows signs of dementia.
In the last scene of the movie, Shirley narrates how she was haunted by the pity of the people after Augustine's disappearance and how as a young and dependent mother, she wanted a closure of the events. She admits that she never identified the body as Augustine's mother has identified it. Roy is left with the sinking realization that he would forever carry this secret like a cross to his grave.

== Cast ==
* [[Biju Menon]] as Ittyavira
* [[Parvathy Thiruvothu]] as Shirley
* [[Sharaf U Dheen]] as Roy
* [[Saiju Kurup]] as Vyshak
*Rahul Reghu as Sundaran
*Jacob George James as Augustin
* Thejaswini Praveen as Sophie
*[[Shobha Mohan]] as Sr. Alphonsa
*Prasant Murali as Sajan
* Pramod Velliyanad as Bhasi
*Hareesh Pengan

==Marketing and release==
''Aarkkariyam'' was released on [[Amazon Prime Video]], Koode OTT, Neestream, Roots Video and Cave OTT platforms from May 19.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-18|title=Parvathy-Biju Menon starrer 'Aarkkariyam' to stream on OTT|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/parvathy-biju-menon-starrer-aarkkariyam-stream-ott-149063|access-date=2021-05-19|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>

== Music ==
The music for the film is composed by [[Neha Nair]] and Yakzan Gary Periera with lyrics penned by [[Anwar Ali (poet)|Anwar Ali]].

==Reception==
Ashutosh Mohan of Film Companion wrote, "''Aarkkariyam'' is a drama around a confession: what if Georgekutty from Drishyam told his unsuspecting younger daughter everything about the coverup? One could get away with murder, but how to explain it to one’s family?" <ref>{{cite web|first=Ashutosh|last=Mohan|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/malayalam-review/aarkkariyam-movie-review-malayalam-a-slow-burn-drama-that-asks-big-questions-parvathy-sharafudheen-biju-menon/?utm_source=Wikipedia&utm_medium=April16&utm_campaign=AarkkariyamMovieReview|title=Aarkkariyam Is A Slow Burn Drama That Asks Big Questions |date=6 April 2021|accessdate=April 7, 2021|archive-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|13342406}}

[[Category:2021 films]]
[[Category:2020s Malayalam-language films]]

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