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Akam
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by Shalini Usha Nair Screenplay by Shalini Usha Nair Based on Yakshi by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan Produced by Box Office Cinema Starring Fahadh Faasil Anumol Cinematography Christopher John Smith Edited by Arunima Shankar Music by Deepak Raghu
Production
Box Office Cinema
Release dates
December 2011 (2011-12 ) (DIFF )
26 April 2013 (2013-04-26 ) (India)
Country India Language Malayalam
Akam Inside ) is an Indian Malayalam language thriller drama film written and directed by Shalini Usha Nair. The film is a contemporary retelling of Malayattoor Ramakrishnan 's classic psycho-thriller novel Yakshi Fahadh Faasil ), a young architect, who starts suspecting that his beautiful wife Ragini (Anumol ) is a yakshi .
The film was shot in and around Trivandrum and its surrounding suburbs.[1] Dubai International Film Festival in December 2011.[2] Shanghai International Film Festival and International Film Festival of Kerala . The film released in theatres on 26 April 2013.
Srinivasan is a young architect. He is happy when he gets a good job and a beautiful girlfriend, Tara. But then an accident disfigures him. Tara leaves him and Srinivasan, now sans his confidence, withdraws into his shell. Then he meets the beautiful Ragini who is willing to accept him despite his disfigurement. They get married, but after a while, he doubts the true identity of this woman. He doubts that this woman is not human. From there the story develops.
Critical reception [ edit ]
Veeyen from Nowrunning.com says: "Somber and extremely suspenseful, the illusory texture of its narrative turns out to be of a class of its own."[4] [5]
Film festival screenings [ edit ]
The film was screened at the following festivals:
See also [ edit ]
Yakshi
References [ edit ]
^ "പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട യക്ഷി" . Kerala Kaumudi the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012 .
^ Veeyen. "Akam Review by Veeyen" . Nowrunning.com.
^ "Akam Movie Review" . The Times of India . ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 21 July 2023 .
External links [ edit ]
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