Kaunri Kanya (2013)

Directed by

Somya Ranjan Sahu

Genre

horror film

Country

India

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor's wife becomes possessed by an evil spirit. The story examines how superstition and beliefs about witchcraft lead to false accusations and violence.

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What happens

Kaunri Kanya (English: Possessed Girl) is the first 3D Oriya horror film, directed by debutant director Soumya Ranjan Sahu. The film stars several debutant actors. The film was also dubbed into Tamil. It is the first Oriya film to feature an underwater sequence which was shot in Vizag. While most of the shooting happened in Surangi, Ganjam, Odisha, the background score and music were done by South Indian artists Satya and Mithun. Prakruti Mishra gives a special appearance in the film. The movie is based around the story of a doctor whose wife becomes possessed by an evil spirit. This film explores social stigmas viz. superstition, witchcraft, sorcery and belief of people on casting spells and summoning evil spirits to take girls into possession which leads to murdering of innocent people falsely accused of practicing black magic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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