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Marma (2002)

Marma poster
Directed by
Sunil Kumar Desai
Genre
horror film
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A woman struggles with a split personality and post traumatic stress disorder. The film follows her difficult experiences and the people around her.

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What happens

Marma (transl. Secret) is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language psychological thriller film directed by Sunil Kumar Desai. It stars Prema and Anand in the lead roles. Master Hirannaiah, Kishori Ballal, Arun Sagar, Yashwant Sardeshpande feature in supporting roles. The film presents the story of a woman who has a split personality and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Desai had revealed that the plot of the movie had been culled out from an English book which he had read years before he conceptualized the film - from a short story he had read in 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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