Indriyam

Indriyam is a 2000 Indian Malayalam horror film directed by George Kithu. The film is about a group of college friends who go into a haunted forest, with Vani Viswanath, Vikram, Nishanth Sagar, Boban Alummoodan And Lena appearing amongst others in the cast. The initial collection was huge and astonishing. The film used possibilities of DTS sound system and was a hit at the box office.[1] It was dubbed and released in Tamil as Manthira Kottai in December 2000, shortly after the success of Sethu, in which Vikram had featured.[2]

Indriyam
Directed byGeorge Kithu
StarringVani Viswanath
Vikram
Nishanth Sagar
Boban Alummoodan
Lena
Music byBerny-Ignatius
CinematographyPrathapan
Edited byB. Ajithkumar
Release date
8 September 2000
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

A college group of anthropology students go to the remote forest are of Muthuvan Mala, under the oversight of Prof. Shankaranarayanan (Raghavan), in order to study the tribal life which had existed there. A student, Sunny (Nishanth Sagar), unknowingly unleashes the spirit of Neeli (Vani Viswanath), who is a ghost seeking revenge against the Thripangod royal family, one of whom (Devan) had killed her and her lover (Vikram). Consequently, Neeli starts killing off the students one by one and the police call for sorcerer Vadakkedath Namboothiri (Prathapachandran) to be summoned.

Cast

Release

After release, a film critic noted that "It has a creditable screenplay which develops the vendetta plot convincingly."[3] In December 2000, the film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Manthira Kottai to make most of Vikram's new found fame following the success of Sethu (1999).[4]

References

  1. http://www.criticker.com/film/Indriyam/
  2. Rajitha (26 August 2000). "Tamil Talkies". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015.
  3. "Indriyam review". Bizhat. Archived from the original on 13 August 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. "Vikram is very picky". Tamil Movies. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2015.


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