Following the encouraging response to '' Bench Talkies – The First Bench '' ( 2015 ) , Karthik Subbaraj announced plans of releasing a second anthology of short films soon after the initial project had released . In November 2015 , a second production titled '' Aviyal '' was revealed to be in the editing stages , though the release of the film was delayed as a result of the 2015 South Indian floods . Subsequently , in January 2016 , it was revealed that the anthology of films would include Alphonse Putharen 's '' Eli '' starring Nivin Pauly , while other actors including Bobby Simha , Arjunan Nandakumar and Amrutha Srinivasan would appear in the film . The first look of the film was released by the team of Karthik Subbaraj 's '' Iraivi '' in late January , while a theatrical trailer was unveiled in early February
2015 South Indian floods
2015 South Indian floods
Aviyal (film)