Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Jiiva continues his streak of timeline-hopping roles (following Black) with sincere commitment, bringing vulnerability and determination to his character.Read at source
Aghathiyaa 2025 
Synopsis
Aghathiyaa
Aghathiyaa: Angels vs Devil is a 2025 Indian Tamil language historical supernatural horror film written and directed Pa. Vijay. The film stars Jiiva in a dual role alongside Arjun Sarja and Raashii Khanna, while Edward Sonnenblick, Matylda Bajer, Redin Kingsley, Shah Ra, Senthil, Radha Ravi, Rohini, Charle, Indraja Shankar and others in supporting roles.
- Director
- P. Vijay
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 135 min
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Aghathiyaa is 44/100 from 5 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 5 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Watch points
- writing
- visual craft
Positive 2
Sanjay Ponnappa of India Today gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Outdated melodrama being integrated into scenes repeatedly acts as a constant distraction, instead of being the emotional hook.Read at source
Critical 3
Anusha Sundar of OTTPlay gave 2/5 stars and wrote "With done to death ideologies like going local is global, Aghathiyaa misses the mark by several miles when it chooses to work only on its visual marvel and easily forgets on script work."Read at source
Jayabhuvaneshwari of Cinema Express gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "In its attempt to blend horror, fantasy, history, and action, Aghathiyaa ends up being neither thrilling nor entertaining—just exhausting."Read at source
Kirubhakar Purushothaman of News18 gave 2/5 stars and wrote "On top of such ideological confusion, the film also refuses to make up its mind about its genre.Read at source
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Details
Soundtrack
- Kaatrin Viral Yuvan Shankar Raja
- En Iniya Pon Nilave Vijay Yesudas, Priya Jearson
- Semmannu Dhaane M. M. Manasi
Technical specs
- Run time
- 135 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- P. Vijay
Trivia
- Jiiva stars in a dual role alongside Arjun Sarja and Raashii Khanna in the lead cast.
- The project was originally announced in mid-May 2020 under the title Methavi before being shelved and later revived.
- Principal photography was planned to take place on a set in Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad as well as in Ooty and Kodaikanal.
- The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, marking his maiden collaboration with director Pa. Vijay.
- The second single, 'En Iniya Pon Nilave', was remixed from a 1980 Balu Mahendra film but does not appear in the final cut of the movie.
- The film was released theatrically on 28 February 2025 in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu languages.
