| Directed by | George Kithu
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|---|---|
| Starring | Vani Viswanath Vikram Nishanth Sagar Boban Alummoodan Lena |
| Cinematography | Prathapan |
| Edited by | B. Ajithkumar |
| Music by | Berny-Ignatius
|
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam
|
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]
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
- Vani Viswanath as Neeli
- Boban Alummoodan as Hari Varma
- Vikram as Udhaya
- Nishanth Sagar as Sunny
- Lena as Sreedevi
- Yadhu Krishnan as Vijay
- Sharath Das as Anoop
- Devan as Rajaraja Varma Thirumanas
- Raghavan as Shankaranarayanan
- Ravi Vallathol as Ravi Varma
- Aranmula Ponnamma as Muthassi
- Geetha Nair as Hari Varma's mother
- Prathapachandran as Vadakkedath Namboothiri
- Nandhu as Prof. Joseph Erumeli
- Kochu Preman
- Cochin Haneefa as C.I Theepori Veerabhadran
- Azeez as Kittuni
- Narayanankutty as Hamsa
- Yamuna
- Mahima as Omana
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
- ↑ http://www.criticker.com/film/Indriyam/
- ↑ Tamil Talkies, Rajitha(26 August 2000).
- ↑ Indriyam review. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ↑ Vikram is very picky. Retrieved 24 October 2015.