Summary
To honour his mother's final wish, Ananthan returns to his ancestral village from America and attempts to light a lamp at the family temple. However, his quest is thwarted by an evil magician named Digambaran who seeks to harness the temple's hidden powers.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You scare easily
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 74
IMDb7.3
Running time
2 h 10 min
Longer than most fantasy movies, +30 min on the typical 100
typical 100130Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.
Released
2005
November 3, 2005
21 years ago
Genres
FantasyHorrorThrillerLanguage
Malayalam
Original language
Made in
India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesIntense
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 15 more19 people
- Prithviraj SukumaranAnanthan
- Manoj K JayanDigambaran / Siddha Yogi
- Kavya MadhavanBhadra
- Kalabhavan ManiChemban
- Biju MenonShivaraman
- Riya SenBhama
- Cochin HaneefaMaravi Mathai
- Suresh KrishnaSI Hameed Marakkar
Kalasala BabuRaman Panikker
Maniyanpilla RajuConstable Panicker
RevathiGayathri Devi
Ambika MohanVillage lady
Nedumudi VenuPadmanabhan
Santha DeviGouri
Maya ViswanathYakshi
T. P. MadhavanRamunni Nair
Lakshmi KrishnamurthyNangeli Muthassi- ITIndira ThampiBhadra's mother
Govindan KuttySreeni
Directing · 1
- Santosh Sivan Director, Director of Photography
Writing · 1
- Sunil Parameswaran Writer
Production · 1
- Maniyanpilla Raju Producer
Editing · 1
- Sreekar Prasad Editor
Sound · 1
- M. G. Radhakrishnan Music
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