''Paramasivan Fathima'' is an 2025 Indian
Tamil
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People, culture and language
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**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
-language
horror thriller
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film written, directed and produced by
Esakki Karvannan under his Lakshmi Creations banner, starring
Vimal and Chayadevi in the lead roles alongside
M. S. Bhaskar, Manoj Kumar,
Sriranjani
Sriranjani is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a hexatonic scale (''shadava'' rāgam, which means "of six"). It is a derived scale (''janya'' rāgam), as it does not have all the seven ''swaras' ...
, Athira,
Aruldoss
Aruldoss is an Indian actor known for his supporting roles in predominantly Tamil language films. Prior to focusing on an acting career, he worked as a cinematographer on several films.
Career
After completing school, Aruldoss worked as a pho ...
,
Cool Suresh
Cool Suresh is an Indian actor who has played supporting or background characters in Tamil-language films.
Career
Suresh made his debut with ''Chocolate'' (2001) where he portrayed a college rowdy. He played similar roles in '' Kaakha Kaakha ...
,
Kadhal Sukumar
Kadhal Sukumar is an Indian actor and director who has appeared in Tamil language films. After working as a comedian in films for a decade, notably in Balaji Sakthivel's romantic film '' Kaadhal'' (2004).
Career
Sukumar, the son of a farmer fr ...
,
Veerasamar
Veerasamar is an Indian art director and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. Veerasamar started his career as assistant to art director Sabu Cyril and made his breakthrough as an actor with a leading role in '' Veerasekaran'' (2010 ...
and others in supporting roles. The film was certified as "A" (adults only) by the
Central Board of Film Certification
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory Motion picture content rating system, film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of ...
(CBFC). ''Paramasivan Fathima'' released in theatres on 6 June 2025 to negative reviews from critics.
Cast
*
Vimal as Paramasivan
* Chayadevi as Fathima / Tamilselvi
*
M. S. Bhaskar
* Manoj Kumar
*
Sriranjani
Sriranjani is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a hexatonic scale (''shadava'' rāgam, which means "of six"). It is a derived scale (''janya'' rāgam), as it does not have all the seven ''swaras' ...
* Athira
*
Aruldoss
Aruldoss is an Indian actor known for his supporting roles in predominantly Tamil language films. Prior to focusing on an acting career, he worked as a cinematographer on several films.
Career
After completing school, Aruldoss worked as a pho ...
*
Cool Suresh
Cool Suresh is an Indian actor who has played supporting or background characters in Tamil-language films.
Career
Suresh made his debut with ''Chocolate'' (2001) where he portrayed a college rowdy. He played similar roles in '' Kaakha Kaakha ...
*
Kadhal Sukumar
Kadhal Sukumar is an Indian actor and director who has appeared in Tamil language films. After working as a comedian in films for a decade, notably in Balaji Sakthivel's romantic film '' Kaadhal'' (2004).
Career
Sukumar, the son of a farmer fr ...
*
Veerasamar
Veerasamar is an Indian art director and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. Veerasamar started his career as assistant to art director Sabu Cyril and made his breakthrough as an actor with a leading role in '' Veerasekaran'' (2010 ...
*
Esakki Karvannan
Production
On 30 November 2024,
Vimal through a first-look poster announced his 34th project titled ''Paramasivan Fathima'', written, directed and produced by
Esakki Karvannan who last directed ''
Tamil Kudimagan'' (2023). The film is produced by Karvannan under his Lakshmi Creations banner featuring an ensemble cast including Chayadevi as the female lead, alongside
M. S. Bhaskar, Manoj Kumar,
Sriranjani
Sriranjani is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a hexatonic scale (''shadava'' rāgam, which means "of six"). It is a derived scale (''janya'' rāgam), as it does not have all the seven ''swaras' ...
, Athira,
Aruldoss
Aruldoss is an Indian actor known for his supporting roles in predominantly Tamil language films. Prior to focusing on an acting career, he worked as a cinematographer on several films.
Career
After completing school, Aruldoss worked as a pho ...
,
Cool Suresh
Cool Suresh is an Indian actor who has played supporting or background characters in Tamil-language films.
Career
Suresh made his debut with ''Chocolate'' (2001) where he portrayed a college rowdy. He played similar roles in '' Kaakha Kaakha ...
,
Kadhal Sukumar
Kadhal Sukumar is an Indian actor and director who has appeared in Tamil language films. After working as a comedian in films for a decade, notably in Balaji Sakthivel's romantic film '' Kaadhal'' (2004).
Career
Sukumar, the son of a farmer fr ...
,
Veerasamar
Veerasamar is an Indian art director and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. Veerasamar started his career as assistant to art director Sabu Cyril and made his breakthrough as an actor with a leading role in '' Veerasekaran'' (2010 ...
and others in supporting roles. The technical team consists of cinematographer
Myna Sukumar, music composer
Deepan Chakravarthy
Dheepan Chakkravarthy is an Indian playback singer. He is the son of the first playback singer in the Tamil film industry, "Isai Thendral" Thiruchi Loganathan
Thiruchi Loganathan (24 July 1924 – 17 November 1989) was an Indian playback si ...
and editor Buvan. The trailer was launched on 14 March 2025 by
NTK chief
Seeman
Senthamizhan Seeman () (born 8 November 1966) is an Indian politician, actor and former filmmaker. He is the leader and chief-coordinator of the Naam Tamilar Katchi political party in Tamil Nadu. He is a strong advocate for regional autonomy ...
and Tamil Nadu
BJP's former state president K. Annamalai.
Music
The film has music composed by
Deepan Chakravarthy
Dheepan Chakkravarthy is an Indian playback singer. He is the son of the first playback singer in the Tamil film industry, "Isai Thendral" Thiruchi Loganathan
Thiruchi Loganathan (24 July 1924 – 17 November 1989) was an Indian playback si ...
. The first single "Naa Malli" released on 9 May 2025. The pre-release audio launch event was held in Chennai on 26 May 2025, following which the full audio album containing the remaining 4 songs was released.
Release
Theatrical
''Paramasivan Fathima'' released in theatres on 6 June 2025.
Reception
Abhinav Subramanian of ''
The Times of India
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'' gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "The film drags you through 140 minutes of village squabbling only to resolve everything with supernatural intervention
..Paramasivan Fathima is the kind of film that thinks adding ghosts to rural conflicts automatically makes them interesting. It doesn't." Akshay Kumar of
''Cinema Express'' gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Unfortunately, the film has no redeeming factors, either in the performances or the screenplay front, even keeping aside the propaganda. It is a contest between bad cinematic language and the worst political message."
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=34823501
2025 films
2020s Indian films
2020s Tamil-language films
Films about religion
Films set in Tamil Nadu
Indian horror films
Indian supernatural horror films
Tamil-language horror films
Tamil-language Indian films