How do I validate the AES cipher? I have used AES CTR mode of operation. Each time a file is uploaded an encrypted file is obtained and the corresponding cipher is got – this is a mini project I have done.

I wanted to know so as to what methods I could use to


validate the cipher to just prove that it is a valid cipher got by the actual encryption technique and not just the one generated by some random number generation method 
it would be better if I can get a tool that subjects cipher to attacks (brute force, letter frequency analysis) to just prove that the cipher is secure (for validation purpose).


I am aware of the NIST validation, but since this is a mini project, I wanted some simpler solution. Does anyone please have suggestions?
The entire premise of modern ciphers is that they're indistinguishable from random by a computationally-bound adversary. If you believe the assertion that a modern cipher is secure, then it follows that you believe you cannot reliably distinguish it from randomness.

If you share a secret key with your clients, what you can do is verify a MAC over the ciphertext to ensure that it was generated by a client who has the same secret key as you (which is a good idea regardless, and the basis behind AEAD modes like GCM).

Your second point doesn't make much sense in the context of modern ciphers. About the only thing you can do is subject ciphertexts to randomness tests, but those results aren't of much use without extremely large amounts of input (on the order of gigabytes).

It's unclear though what exactly you're hoping to gain with such tools.