Senthil immediately calls Saravanan to solve the case. Subsequently, strange things begin to happen in the household: a ghost frightens the people in the house, things inexplicably break, and Ganga's sari catches fire. Saravanan assures Senthil to call him if anything happens. Later, Saravanan receives an email to attend a patient. She gets the room key from the gardener's granddaughter Durga and opens the door to the room.
Their love is supported by Saravanan, who requests Kandaswamy to arrange their marriage.Īfter hearing Chandramukhi's story, Ganga, who thinks that the story was fabricated to scare thieves from stealing treasures in the room, wishes to go there. Priya is in love with Vishwanathan, a dance professor who reciprocates her feelings. As a result, Chandramukhi's ghost tried to take revenge on Vettaiyan, who with the help of various priests and sorcerers from all over the country, tamed the ghost by locking it up in a room located in the palace's south-west corner which is guarded by a king cobra. When Vettaiyan discovered this, he beheaded Gunasekaran on Durgashtami and burnt Chandramukhi alive. Unknown to him, Chandramukhi made Gunasekaran stay in a house opposite and met him secretly. As a result, Vettaiyan took her back to his palace by force. However, she did not reciprocate his feelings as she was already in love with another dancer named Gunasekaran. Around 150 years ago, a king named Vettaiyan travelled to Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh, where he met and fell in love with a dancer named Chandramukhi. When the family visits their ancestral temple, the chief priest reveals the reason everyone fears the mansion. Akhilandeshwari is jealous of Saravanan and plots to kill him with the help of her assistant Oomaiyan. Saravanan learns that Senthil had bought the Vettaiyapuram mansion, despite attempts by the local village elders to dissuade them, and moves in with them. Senthil's mother Kasthuri wanted Senthil to marry Priya, the daughter of his father's cousin Kandaswamy, to reunite the two branches of the family after 30 years of separation because Senthil's father chose to marry Kasthuri instead of Kandaswamy's sister, Akhilandeshwari, who is also his cousin. Saravanan, a psychiatrist from the United States, comes to meet his friend Senthilnathan, and his wife Ganga while on vacation. A standalone sequel titled Nagavalli (2010) was made in Telugu language.
Jyothika and Vadivelu were each awarded a Kalaimamani Award for their work on the film. The film won five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, four Film Fans' Association Awards and two Filmfare Awards. The film became a major box office success, with a theatrical run of 890 days at Shanti Theatre. The film was made on a budget of ₹190 million.Ĭhandramukhi was released on 14 April 2005 on the eve of the Tamil New Year. Principal photography began on 24 October 2004 and was completed in March 2005. Joseph and editing was done by Suresh Urs. The soundtrack album and background score were composed by Vidyasagar. It revolves around a woman who suffers from dissociative identity disorder that affects a family, and a psychiatrist who intends to solve the case while risking his life.Ĭhandramukhi was produced by Prabhu and his brother Ramkumar Ganesan through their company Sivaji Productions, and is the company's 50th film. A remake of Vasu's Kannada film Apthamitra (2004), which itself was a remake of the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu (1993), the film stars Rajinikanth, Prabhu, Jyothika, Vadivelu and Nayanthara, with Nassar, Sheela, Vijayakumar, Vinaya Prasad, Sonu Sood, Suvarna Mathew, Vineeth, Malavika and K. Moon-faced beauty) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film written and directed by P.