Aacharyan is a 1993 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Ashokan and starring Thilakan, Suresh Gopi and Sreenivasan in the lead roles.^[1][2][3] The story is about an investigative journalist who tracks down a drug trafficking gang with the help of a retired civil servant and an ex-police officer.

Plot

Sivashankaran, a journalist, goes in search of the truth regarding the death of Jeevan Kumar, a college student. He is determined to bring the criminals to justice.

Cast

• Thilakan as Krishna Menon IAS
• Suresh Gopi as DySP Azad
• Sreenivasan as Journalist Shivashanker or Shiva
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Chief Reporter Prabhakaran or Prabhu
• Janardhanan as Raveedranath
• Vineeth as Abraham or Ebru
• Shari as Sumithra Shivashanker
• Rajeev Nanayankar as Unni
• Yashoda Wimaladharma as Rekha Raveedranath
• Cleetus Mendis as Abdulla Koya
• Mahesh as Jevankumar
• K. P. A. C. Azeez as Azad's father
• Prathapachandran
• K. P. Ummer as Alaxander Priest
• Kollam Thulasi as Chief Minister

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ouseppachan and the lyrics were written by Bichu Thirumala.