''Adhu'' () is a 2004 Tamil-language

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directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan, starring

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as a spirit possessed girl. The film, that has Aravind, a newcomer, Suha, Kazan Khan and Vijayan in supporting and

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in a cameo role, is a remake of the 2002

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- Thai- Singaporean film '' The Eye''. The film, with music scored by

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and cinematography by P. Selvakumar, released on 15 October 2004 and received generally negative reviews and is considered a

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disaster.

Plot

Meera (Sneha) is transplanted with the eyes of Kayalvizhi (Suha) which enables her to see able to see "things" not visible to other's eyes. Haunted and harassed by Kayalvizhi's Spirit, Meera goes all the way to Vijayanagaram to get to the bottom of the intrigue, because the spirit orders her to do so getting to know of Kayalvizhi's story and the injustice done to her by the village head (Vijayan). The spirit of Kayalvizhi seeks revenge and retribution. How it achieves this forms the story

Cast

as Meera * Aravind as Arvind * Suha as Kayalvizhi *

Kazan Khan Kazan Khan is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by th ...

* Vijayan * Saranya as Meera's mother *

Shanmugarajan Shanmugarajan is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films. He is an alumnus of The American College in Madurai The American College, often referred to as American College, is one of the oldest colleges in India, located in Madurai, Tam ...

as Muthu * Aryan as sorcerer *

as Doctor Raj (cameo)

Music

The film score was composed by

, which was said to be one of the few highlights of the film. The film has only one song, a soundtrack was not released.

References

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2004 films Indian horror films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja Indian horror film remakes Indian remakes of Hong Kong films Films directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan 2004 horror films {{2000s-horror-film-stub