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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Indriyam<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| starring = [[Vani Viswanath]]<br />[[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]]<br>[[Nishanth Sagar]]<br>[[Boban Alummoodan]]<br>[[Lena (actress)|Lena]] <br />
| director = George Kithu<br />
| writer = <br />
| producer = <br />
| cinematography = Prathapan<br />
| editing = [[B. Ajithkumar]]<br />
| music = [[Berny-Ignatius]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| studio = <br />
| released = {{Film date|2000|06|08|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 129 minutes<br />
| language = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]<br />
| country = India<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Indriyam''''' is a 2000 Indian [[Malayalam language|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 (actor)|Vikram]], [[Nishanth Sagar]], [[Boban Alummoodan]] And [[Lena (actress)|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.<ref>http://www.criticker.com/film/Indriyam/</ref> It was dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Manthira Kottai'' in December 2000, shortly after the success of ''[[Sethu (film)|Sethu]]'', in which Vikram had featured.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/aug/26tt.htm |title=Tamil Talkies |last=Rajitha |date=26 August 2000 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201110434/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/aug/26tt.htm |archive-date=1 February 2015 |access-date=}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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 (actor)|Devan]]) had killed her and her lover ([[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]]). Consequently, Neeli starts killing off the students one by one and the police call for sorcerer Vadakkedath Namboothiri (Prathapachandran) to be summoned.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Vani Viswanath]] as Neeli<br />
* [[Boban Alummoodan]] as Hari Varma<br />
*[[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]] as Udhaya<br />
* [[Nishanth Sagar]] as Sunny<br />
* [[Lena (actress)|Lena]] as Sreedevi<br />
* Yadhu Krishnan as Vijay<br />
*[[Sarath Das (actor)|Sharath Das]] as Anoop<br />
* [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as Rajaraja Varma Thirumanas<br />
* [[Raghavan (actor)|Raghavan]] as Shankaranarayanan<br />
* [[Ravi Vallathol]] as Ravi Varma<br />
* [[Aranmula Ponnamma]] as Muthassi<br />
* Geetha Nair as Hari Varma's mother<br />
* [[Prathapachandran]] as Vadakkedath Namboothiri<br />
* [[Nandhu]] as Prof. Joseph Erumeli<br />
* [[Kochu Preman]]<br />
* [[Cochin Haneefa]] as C.I Theepori Veerabhadran<br />
* [[Azeez (actor)|Azeez]] as Kittuni<br />
* [[Narayanankutty]] as Hamsa<br />
* Yamuna<br />
* Mahima as Omana<br />
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==Release==<br />
After release, a film critic noted that "It has a creditable screenplay which develops the vendetta plot convincingly."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.bizhat.com/review_indriyam.php |title=Indriyam review |work=Bizhat |archive-url=https://archive.is/20040813120915/http://movies.bizhat.com/review_indriyam.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 August 2004 |access-date=21 February 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 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 (film)|Sethu]]'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tamilmovies.com/cgi-bin/news/archives.cgi?category=1&view=9-00 |title=Vikram is very picky |work=Tamil Movies |access-date=24 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011030251/http://tamilmovies.com/cgi-bin/news/archives.cgi?category=1&view=9-00 |archive-date=11 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0283405}}<br />
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[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian horror films]]<br />
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