''Aparichithan'' () is a 2004 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language

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directed by

Sanjeev Sivan Sanjeev Sivan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in the Malayalam and Hindi film industries. He is best known for directing the 2004 Malayalam film ''Aparichithan'' starring Mammootty. Family Sanjeev Sivan is the youngest so ...

(in his directorial debut). It stars

Kavya Madhavan Kavya Madhavan (born 19 September 1984) is an Indian former actress, who acted predominantly in Malayalam films, and a few Tamil films. She made her debut in 1991 as a child artist in '' Pookkalam Varavayi''. Her debut role as one of the lea ...

, Karthika, and Manya, with

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam-language films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, ...

in an extended cameo role. The plot centers around three college students who summons a spirit through an

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. The music was composed by

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Plot

Aparichithan narrates the story of three carefree college friends - Meenu, Simi and Devi, known as "Three Roses" – who keep landing in trouble. After one such incident where Devi, the leader of the trio, is caught red-handed trying to steal question papers on the eve of exams, they go underground to avoid facing their peers and families. With the help of Chacko, Simi's fiancée, they arrange accommodation with a woman psychiatrist who is also an expert in "tantrik" mysticism and

Ouija board The Ouija ( , ), also known as a Ouija board, spirit board, talking board, or witch board, is a flat board marked with the letters of the Latin alphabet, the numbers 0–9, the words "yes", "no", and occasionally "hello" and "goodbye", along ...

, in an isolated house. Fresh trouble begins there, leading to the landlady chasing the girls out, saying a wandering soul is following them. The girls get harassed and threatened by their college mate, Jithulal. Chacko accepts the help of his friend, Vinod Varghese, who promises to take them to a guesthouse out in the woods. Vinod actually has an agenda to cheat the girls by bringing them to Jithulal. Their bus meets with an accident and they are forced to walk along the deserted road through the woods. They meet a mysterious

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and a drunkard, Raghuram. They take shelter at an old bungalow in the forest and have strange experiences. Ram is a nuisance throughout their journey; however, Minu makes good company with him. Ram tells her his stories. He was left only by a younger sister who went missing from

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which made him a drunkard and a psycho. After long treatment, Ram returned to his professional life, and in one of his forest tours, he happened to visit a girl named Kalyani who looked exactly like his sister. He offered to take her to

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and she wholeheartedly agreed. But on the day they planned to leave, she too went missing and the Aborigines accused Ram for the incident. Ram searched for her throughout the forest but on another side of the

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she was brutally raped by Jithu Lal. She was burnt alive by Jithulal and his friend, Vinod. The spirit of the murdered girl follows the three girls. At sunrise, Chacko and Vinod inform the police inspector that Ram is missing, and learn that Ram already had died in the accident they earlier met with. They return to the forest house, and Minu once again tries using a

. Ram's spirit comes to them and they flee the house. They discover that Vinod was cheating them. The soul of Ram follows Vinod and kills him in a

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. The film ends with Minu back home, noticing activity on the Ouija board again.

Cast

Soundtrack

All the songs were composed by

, with lyrics by Girish Puthenchery. The song "Masam Masam" was recorded within 20 minutes.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0396456 2000s Malayalam-language films 2004 films 2004 fantasy films 2004 directorial debut films 2004 horror films 2000s supernatural horror films Films scored by Suresh Peters Indian fantasy films 2004 horror films Ouija Indian horror films Films set in universities and colleges

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