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Achamindri

2016 Tamil film directed by Rajapandi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ24905506
Source-derived summary

Achamindri (transl. Without fear) is a 2016 Indian Tamil language action thriller film directed by Rajapandi. It stars Vijay Vasanth, Samuthirakani, Srushti Dange, Vidya Pradeep, Saranya Ponvannan, and Radha Ravi. The music has been composed by Premgi Amaren. This film mostly includes the cast and crew from the director's previous film Ennamo Nadakkudhu (2014). It was released on 30 December 2016.

Plot

A pickpocket named Sakthi is attracted to Malarvizhi, a middle-class girl. A straightforward cop named Sathya is about to marry his childhood sweetheart Shruti. Their lives turn topsy-turvy on the same day – Sakthi is chased by goons for picking the pocket of a gangster; Malar is threatened by the education minister's PA, Kathir, for filing for a reevaluation on behalf of her maid's daughter; and Sathya is attacked by his own friend and cop Saravanan, as he starts digging into Shruti's death. The movie ends with how Sakthi and Sathya solve the crime.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Premji Amaren.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Achamindri” is 2016 Tamil film directed by Rajapandi. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Achamindri, Tamil and film, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2016-12-30. For this dossier, Achamindri, Tamil and film is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “2016 Tamil film directed by Rajapandi” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24905506. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2016 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from Achamindri” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.