Akam (film)

Akam
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byShalini Usha Nair
Screenplay byShalini Usha Nair
Based onYakshi
by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
Produced byBox Office Cinema
StarringFahadh Faasil
Anumol
CinematographyChristopher John Smith
Edited byArunima Shankar
Music byDeepak Raghu
Murari Vasudevan
Production
company
Box Office Cinema
Release dates
  • December 2011 (2011-12) (DIFF)
  • 26 April 2013 (2013-04-26) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Akam (English: 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 (1967). The story is about Srini (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] It premiered at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival in December 2011.[2] It was also screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival and International Film Festival of Kerala. The film released in theatres on 26 April 2013.

Plot

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.

Cast

Critical reception

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

The film was screened at the following festivals:

See also

  • Yakshi, a 1968 film adaptation of the novel

References

  1. ^ a b Saraswathy Nagarajan (25 May 2012). "Shanghai beckons". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Akam premieres at Dubai film fest" Archived 11 September 2012 at archive.today. Screen India. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  3. ^ "പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട യക്ഷി". Kerala Kaumudi (in Malayalam). 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  4. ^ Veeyen. "Akam Review by Veeyen". Nowrunning.com.
  5. ^ "Akam Movie Review". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 July 2023.