Adhu
Adhu (English: That) is a 2004 Tamil horror film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan, starring Sneha in the lead role, who plays the role of a spirit possessed girl. She is very scared.[1] The film, that has Aravind, a newcomer, Suha, Kazan Khan and Vijayan in supporting and Abbas in a cameo role, is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong-Thai-Singaporean film The Eye, which was remade later in the United States under the same title and in Hindi as Naina, starring Jessica Alba and Urmila Matondkar in the lead roles respectively. The film, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by P. Selvakumar, released on 15 October 2004 and received generally negative reviews and is considered a box-office disaster.[2][3]
| Adhu | |
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| Directed by | Ramesh Balakrishnan |
| Produced by | V. Sundar |
| Written by | Ramesh Krishnan Balakumaran (dialogues) |
| Starring | Sneha Mohit Chadda Suha Saranya Vijayan |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
| Cinematography | P. Selvakumar |
| Edited by | N. P. Sathish |
Production company | Vishwas Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Meera (Sneha) is transplanted with the eyes of Kayalvizhi (Suha) which enables her to see able to see "things" not visible to other's eyes. Haunted and harassed by Kayalvizhi's Spirit, Meera goes all the way to Vijayanagaram to get to the bottom of the intrigue, because the spirit orders her to do so getting to know of Kayalvizhi's story and the injustice done to her by the village head (Vijayan). The spirit of Kayalvizhi seeks revenge and retribution. How it achieves this forms the story
Cast
- Sneha as Meera
- Aravind
- Suha as Kayalvizhi
- Kazan Khan
- Vijayan
- Saranya as Meera's mother
- Shanmugarajan as Muthu
- Aryan as sorcerer
- Abbas as Doctor Raj (cameo)
Music
The film score was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which was said to be one of the few highlights of the film. The film has only one song, a soundtrack was not released.