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A Film by Aravind (2005)

A Film by Aravind poster
Original title
ఎ ఫిల్మ్ బై అరవింద్
Directed by
Sekhar Suri
Genre
horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 30m
Rated
UA
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker and his famous actor friend go on a road trip to a remote house to finish a script. There they meet a strange woman and soon the fictional events they are writing begin to happen to them in real life.

tenseunsettlingmysterioussuspensefulcreepyslow-burndarkatmospheric

What happens

A Film by Aravind is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language horror thriller film written and directed by Sekhar Suri. The film features Rajeev Kanakala, Rishi, Sherlyn Chopra, and Ghazal Srinivas in key roles. The story follows Aravind, a filmmaker, and his childhood friend Rishi, a movie star, on a road trip to a remote guesthouse to finish an unfinished script. Things take a dark turn when they meet a mysterious woman, and events from the script start happening in real life, blurring fiction and reality. A Film by Aravind received positive reviews and was a commercial success. It was also dubbed into Hindi as Bhayanak: A Murder Mystery. The film was followed by a spiritual sequel, Aravind 2, released in 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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