Adhu

Adhu is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language horror film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan, starring Sneha as a spirit possessed girl. The film, that has Aravind, a newcomer, Suha, Kazan Khan and Vijayan in supporting and Abbas in a cameo role, is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong-Thai-Singaporean film The Eye. The film, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by P. Selvakumar, released on 15 October 2004 and received generally negative reviews and is considered a box-office disaster.

Plot

Meera is transplanted with the eyes of Kayalvizhi which enables her to see able to see "things" not visible to other's eyes. Haunted and harassed by Kayalvizhi's Spirit, Meera goes all the way to Vijayanagaram to get to the bottom of the intrigue, because the spirit orders her to do so getting to know of Kayalvizhi's story and the injustice done to her by the village head. The spirit of Kayalvizhi seeks revenge and retribution. How it achieves this forms the story

Cast

Sneha as Meera
Abbas as Doctor Raj
Aravind as Arvind
Suha as Kayalvizhi
Kazan Khan
Vijayan
Saranya as Meera's mother
Shanmugarajan as Muthu
Aryan as sorcerer

Music

The film score was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which was said to be one of the few highlights of the film. The film has only one song, and a soundtrack was not released.

Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote that "Taking up a story that touches upon ESP, effluents, pollution and the havoc it creates on human life, Ramesh Krishnan places them in a genre that spells horror. The result is quite interesting. Those of you who like to experience just a bit of fear, the occult kind, can make a beeline for Adhu". A critic from Indiaglitz wrote that "Spirit is there. But the other spirit is slightly missing". Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote that "It's Sneha's film the whole way. But making an impact is debutante Suha as Kalaivizhi, and new face Arvind who projects creditably the cynic who later goes all to support Meera". Sify wrote "But the trouble with Adhu is that it does not provide you with the chills and thrills associated with a ghost story. Though the film is only 116 minutes it drags and the special effects are too cheesy and amateurish. The climax looks like an amman film, as the spirit and the evil tantric clash".