Akam (2011)

Original title

അകം

Directed by

Shalini Ushadevi

Genre

psychological thriller

Country

India

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young architect begins to suspect his wife might be a supernatural being. The film follows his growing paranoia as he questions her true nature.

suspensefulmysteriouspsychologicalslow-burnunsettlingtenseambiguousintrospectiveeerie

What happens

Akam (English: Inside) is an Indian Malayalam language thriller drama film written and directed by Shalini Usha Nair. The film is a contemporary retelling of Malayattoor Ramakrishnan's classic psycho-thriller novel Yakshi (1967). The story is about Srini (Fahadh Faasil), a young architect, who starts suspecting that his beautiful wife Ragini (Anumol) is a yakshi. The film was shot in and around Trivandrum and its surrounding suburbs. It premiered at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival in December 2011. It was also screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival and International Film Festival of Kerala. The film released in theatres on 26 April 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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