Aarohanam

Aarohanam
Directed by	Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
Produced by	A. V. Anoop
Screenplay by	Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
Story by	Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
Starring	Viji Chandrasekhar Jayaprakash Uma Padmanabhan Rajie Vijay Sarathy
Music by	K
Cinematography	N. Shanmugasundaram
Edited by	Kishore Te.
Production company	AVA Productions Monkey Creative Labs
Distributed by	JSK Film Corporation
Release date	26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Aarohanam (English: Crescendo) is 2012 Tamil drama film directed by actress-turned-director Lakshmy Ramakrishnan. It stars Viji Chandrasekhar, Jayaprakash, Uma Padmanabhan and Rajie Vijay Sarathy among others. According to the director, the film revolves around a missing mother, who suffers from bipolar disorder. The film received mostly positive reviews, with some critics calling it the best Tamil film of the year.

In early February 2012, reports claimed that character actress Lakshmy Ramakrishnan would direct her maiden feature film, although Lakshmy had begun filming in December 2011 already. Titled as Aarohanam, it was said to be based on a "series of amusing events that take place on a single day"; the film would follow a 17-year-old boy and his sister who are in search of their missing mother, played by television artiste and actress Saritha's sister, Viji Chandrasekhar. Lakshmy along with her friends, actresses Uma Padmanabhan and Rajie Vijay Sarathy, initially wanted to make a "desi Hangover kind of a film" about spirited women. When developing the third character in the film, she realized that she had penned a story about that person in 2008 already. She reworked the script and made that character the lead, while also deciding to Co produce the film. Lakshmy said that she had written 45 versions of the screenplay for Aarohanam. She further stated that the film was initially started with the intention to screen it at film festivals only, but that eventually it turned into a "commercial" film.

Character actors Jayaprakash does a cameo and Sampath Raj and director Marimuthu were selected to essay pivotal supporting roles, while newcomers Veeresh and Jai Queheni would play the missing mother's son and daughter, respectively. Veeresh was then studying editing in his final year at the MGR Film Institute, Taramani and got the opportunity when he approached director Lakshmy to join her as an assistant director. The entire film was shot with a Canon EOS 5D digital camera; it was completed in 20 days.