''Adhu'' () is a 2004 Indian

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directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan, starring Sneha as a spirit possessed girl. The film, that has Aravind, a newcomer, Suha,

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and

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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

* Sneha as Meera * Aravind as Arvind * Suha as Kayalvizhi *

* Saranya as Meera's mother * Shanmugarajan as Muthu *

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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.

Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of ''The Hindu'' wrote that "Taking up a story that touches upon ESP, effluents, pollution and the havoc it creates on human life, Ramesh Krishnan places them in a genre that spells horror. The result is quite interesting. Those of you who like to experience just a bit of fear, the occult kind, can make a beeline for ''Adhu''". A critic from ''Indiaglitz'' wrote that "Spirit is there. But the other spirit is slightly missing". Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote that "It's Sneha's film the whole way. But making an impact is debutante Suha as Kalaivizhi, and new face Arvind who projects creditably the cynic who later goes all to support Meera". ''Sify'' wrote "But the trouble with Adhu is that it does not provide you with the chills and thrills associated with a ghost story. Though the film is only 116 minutes it drags and the special effects are too cheesy and amateurish. The climax looks like an amman film, as the spirit and the evil tantric clash".

References

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* 2004 films Indian horror films 2000s Tamil-language films 2000s Indian films Films about organ transplantation Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja Indian horror film remakes Indian remakes of Hong Kong films Films directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan 2004 horror films Indian supernatural horror films Films about blind people in India Indian ghost films Indian psychological thriller films Indian horror thriller films {{2000s-horror-film-stub