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Eeram (2009)

Eeram poster
Original title
ஈரம்
Directed by
Arivazhagan Venkatachalam
Genre
romance film, ghost film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 44m
Rated
UA
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer investigates a series of mysterious deaths in a city. All the victims seem connected to a woman who drowned. The story follows his search for the truth.

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What happens

Eeram (transl. Moisture) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language horror thriller film written and directed by Arivazhagan in his directorial debut and produced by S. Shankar. The film stars Aadhi, Nandaa and Sindhu Menon. Saranya Mohan, Srinath, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, and Krishna play supporting roles. The music was composed by S. Thaman in his debut Tamil film with cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa and editing by Kishore Te. Eeram was mostly shot in Chennai, Srirangam, Tiruchirappalli and Pondicherry. The film was released on 11 September 2009 and became a commercial success. The film received critical acclaim for its theme, narrative, cast performance, cinematography, musical score, and direction. Over the years it has attained cult status. The Telugu dubbed version of the film titled Vaishali released on 27 May 2011, and was commercially successful as well. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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