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Aptharakshaka

2010 · 152 min

A slow-building supernatural mystery that mixes eerie hauntings with family secrets and a psychiatrist's investigation, keeping you unsettled but engaged.

Genres
Horror, Drama
Starring
Vishnuvardhan, Avinash, Bhavana Ramanna
Overview
The story starts off with an ancient painting of Nagavalli (Vimala Raman), distributed as a prize to bharathanatyam dancer Saraswathi (Lakshmi Gopalaswamy), her husband and her family. At the Engagement day of Gowri (Sandhya), one of her friends had fainted by encountering a huge thirty-feet Snake/Serpent, and the bridegroom/fiancé had ran away from the family house fearing of something. All strange incidents happen as the family called for a snake charmer to the house, but the snake charmer had died when he attempted to make the serpent appear.

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Genres
Horror, Drama
Starring
Vishnuvardhan, Avinash, Bhavana Ramanna
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • madness
  • family
  • mystery
  • betrayal
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour2
Realism5
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror, drama
Starring
Vishnuvardhan, Avinash, Bhavana Ramanna, Komal Kumar
Runtime
152 min
Country
India
Languages
Kannada

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