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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Akam<br />
| image = Akammovieposter.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| caption = Theatrical Release Poster<br />
| director = Shalini Usha Nair<br />
| producer = Box Office Cinema<br />
| screenplay = Shalini Usha Nair<br />
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Yakshi (novel)|Yakshi]]''|[[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Fahadh Faasil]]<br>[[Anumol]]<br />
| music = Deepak Raghu<br>Murari Vasudevan<br />
| cinematography = Christopher John Smith<br />
| editing = Arunima Shankar<br />
| studio = Box Office Cinema<br />
| distributor =<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|12||[[Dubai International Film Festival|DIFF]]|2013|04|26|India}}<br />
| runtime =<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Akam''''' (English: ''Inside'') is an Indian Malayalam language [[Thriller film|thriller]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] film written and directed by Shalini Usha Nair. The film is a contemporary retelling of [[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]'s classic [[Psychological thriller|psycho-thriller]] novel ''[[Yakshi (novel)|Yakshi]]'' (1967). The story is about Srini ([[Fahadh Faasil]]), a young architect, who starts suspecting that his beautiful wife Ragini ([[Anumol]]) is a [[yakshi]].<br />
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The film was shot in and around [[Trivandrum]] and its surrounding suburbs.<ref name=SIFF>Saraswathy Nagarajan (25 May 2012). [https://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3455752.ece "Shanghai beckons"]. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 15 December 2012.</ref> It premiered at the 8th [[Dubai International Film Festival]] in December 2011.<ref name=DIFF>[http://www.screenindia.com/news/akam-premieres-at-dubai-film-fest/893469/ "Akam premieres at Dubai film fest"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120911101245/http://www.screenindia.com/news/akam-premieres-at-dubai-film-fest/893469/ |date=11 September 2012 }}. ''[[Screen India]]''. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.</ref> It was also screened at the [[Shanghai International Film Festival]] and [[International Film Festival of Kerala]]. The film released in theatres on 26 April 2013.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Srinivasan is a young architect. He is happy when he gets a good job and a beautiful girlfriend, Tara. But then an accident disfigures him. Tara leaves him and Srinivasan, now sans his confidence, withdraws into his shell. Then he meets the beautiful Ragini who is willing to accept him despite his disfigurement. They get married, but after a while, he doubts the true identity of this woman. He doubts that this woman is not human. From there the story develops.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Fahadh Faasil]] as Srini<br />
* [[Anumol]] as Ragini<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Kerala Kaumudi]]|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=3 January 2012|title=പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട യക്ഷി|url=http://news.keralakaumudi.com/news.php?nid=157b776fd310038df4d8fec52ef4987b|language=Malayalam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108080517/http://news.keralakaumudi.com/news.php?nid=157b776fd310038df4d8fec52ef4987b|archive-date=8 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
* [[Prakash Bare]]<br />
* [[Shelly (actress)|Shelly Kishore]]<br />
* [[Sajitha Madathil]]<br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
Veeyen from Nowrunning.com says: "Somber and extremely suspenseful, the illusory texture of its narrative turns out to be of a class of its own."<ref>{{cite web|author=Veeyen|title=Akam Review by Veeyen|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/10039/malayalam/akam/4209/review.htm|publisher=Nowrunning.com|access-date=17 September 2013|archive-date=3 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903060046/http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/10039/malayalam/akam/4209/review.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Akam Movie Review |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/akam/movie-review/19765011.cms |access-date=2023-07-21 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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==Film festival screenings==<br />
The film was screened at the following festivals:<br />
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* December 2011: [[Dubai International Film Festival]]<ref name=DIFF/><br />
* December 2011: [[International Film Festival of Kerala]]<br />
* June 2012: [[Shanghai International Film Festival]] (World Panorama section)<ref name=SIFF/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* ''[[Yakshi (film)|Yakshi]]'', a 1968 film adaptation of the novel<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.akamthefilm.com/}}<br />
* {{IMDb title|2411908|Akam}}<br />
* [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/inside.asp?xfile=/data/citytimes/2011/December/citytimes_December129.xml&section=citytimes Lure of the enigma] (''Khaleej Times'')<br />
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[[Category:2011 films]]<br />
[[Category:2011 Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2011 psychological thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian psychological thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on thriller novels]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Works by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram]]</div>Donnell05T