''Vanam'' () is a 2021 Indian

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directed by Srikantan Anand and produced by Golden Star Productions Pvt Ltd. The film stars Vetri,

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and

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in the lead roles, and the music is composed by

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. The film released theatrically on 26 November 2021.

Synopsis

An art college student, with the help of a documentary filmmaker, tries to find the reasons behind the mysterious deaths of the people who have stayed in a hostel room.

Cast

* Vetri as Magizh *

as Malli *

as Jasmine *

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* Ravi Venkatraman

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and score was composed by

Reception

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'' gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and wrote, "Vanam is a run-of-the-mill horror thriller." Bharat Kumar of ''

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'' wrote, "Vanam is a movie that manages a decent watch. Good writing is the key." ''

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'' called it a "run of the mill thriller" and "yet another horror-thriller in Tamil cinema with an earnest flashback episode", rating it 2 out of 5.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 15839278 2021 thriller films Indian thriller films 2020s Tamil-language films 2020s Indian films