''Bayam Oru Payanam'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language

horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Mo ...

written and directed by Manisharma. The film features Bharath Reddy,

Vishakha Singh Vishakha Singh is an Indian actress, producer and entrepreneur She appeared in many South Indian language films debuting in Telugu film ''Gnapakam'' before starring in Bollywood projects with director Ashutosh Gowariker's 2010 '' Khelein Hum ...

and Meenakshi Dixit in the leading roles, while

Urvashi Urvashi (, ) is the most prominent apsara mentioned in the Hindu scriptures like the ''Vedas'', the epics ''Ramayana'' and ''Mahabharata'', as well as the ''Puranas''. She is regarded as the most beautiful of all the apsaras, and an expert danc ...

Singampuli Singampuli is an Indian actor and Film director, director working in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. After making ''Red (2002 film), Red'' (2002) and ''Maayavi'' (2005), he has made a career appearing in comedy roles and supporting roles. Career S ...

, and

Yogi Babu Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. He has won Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for '' Aandavan Kattalai'' (2016), '' Kolamavu Kokila'' (2018), '' Pariyerum Perumal'' (2018), '' Love Today'' ( ...

play supporting roles. Featuring music composed by YR Prasad, production for the film began in mid-2015. The film was released on 25 August 2016 in India.

Plot

The film opens as the child of a photojournalist Ram ( Bharath Reddy) has a nightmare of his father's car meeting with a terrible accident, and the very next day he has to go alone to a forest to shoot some pictures. A broker Kavariman (

) guides Ram to a deserted bungalow whose watchman (

) lets them in for a bribe and some liquor. Well past midnight inside the house, Ram finds a memory card. In the card, there are pictures of a girl in a compromising position, whom he recognizes and calls one of his friends in Chennai and tries to email them but fails. Thereafter, he undergoes a scary time as a hideous woman appears in the bathroom, the fridge, and his bedroom causing him to panic and leave the house. Driving his car all through the way, he gets into one scary situation after the other and finally finds out why the ghost is after him but only after a great personal tragedy.

Cast

Production

Manisharma began ''Bayam Oru Payanam'' during mid-2015 and revealed that the film was "almost complete" by October 2015.

, Bharath Reddy and Meenakshi Dixit were announced to be playing the lead roles in the film, with the makers describing it as a "female-orientated, horror film". The team shot a twenty-day schedule in

Munnar Munnar () is a town located in the Idukki district of the southwestern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around above mean sea level, in the Western Ghats mountain range. This ancient plantat ...

during late December 2015, with Vishakha Singh portraying a ghost in her scenes. Filming for the project ended during January 2016 after a schedule in Chennai, with post-production works beginning thereafter.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6001856 2016 films Indian horror films 2010s Tamil-language films Films shot in Munnar 2016 horror films