''Aaaah'' or ''Aah'' is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language
anthology
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horror film
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written and directed by
Hari & Harish, in their third venture following ''
Orr Eravuu
''Orr Eravuu'' ( ta, ஓர் இரவு; en, One night) is a 2010 Tamil independent horror film directed by three debutants, Hari Shankar, Hareesh Narayan and Krishna Sekhar. The film is about Paranormal occurrences. Spirits and ghosts a ...
'' (2010) and ''
Ambuli
''Ambuli'' ( ta, அம்புலி, moon) is the first Tamil stereoscopic science fiction 3D film written and directed by Hari Shankar and Hareesh Narayan in 2012 who earlier directed ''Orr Eravuu'' in 2010 and produced by KTVR Loganathan. ...
'' (2012). The film stars
Gokulnath
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, Meghna,
Bala Saravanan
Bala Saravanan (born 2 November 1987) is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in Tamil language films.
Career
Bala made his debut as an actor in Vijay TV's school drama serial "''Kallikattu Pallikoodam"'' and came to notice in the Vija ...
, and
Bobby Simha
Jayasimha (born 6 November 1983), better known as Bobby Simha, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, alongside a few Malayalam-language films. After making brief appearances in the films ''Kadhalil Sodh ...
. It features five different horror stories shot in five different places;
Japan
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,
Dubai
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, the midsea of the
Bay of Bengal
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, a highway in
Andhra Pradesh
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and a remote
ATM booth in
Tamil Nadu
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. The film was produced by KTVR Creative Frames, it was released on 28 November 2014 to mixed to positive reviews but had average collections.
Plot
Three friends - Thamizh, Cherry and Singaram - are meeting at their reunion. They are being drawn into a bet to prove the presence of ghosts by a rich schoolmate Prosper. This leads them to a journey to five different places around the world suspected to be haunted. Namely, events which had unfolded in Japan,
Dubai
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, the mid-sea of the
Bay of Bengal
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, a highway in
Andhra Pradesh
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, and a remote ATM booth in
Tamil Nadu
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. They fail to capture ghosts in cameras in all the cases. They are now worried that they would lose the 60 crore prize amount and Prosper would win. Meanwhile, they learn about a video footage in which a ghost is sighted killing the ATM watchmen. The video footage is in a pen drive owned by
Bosskey
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. After hearing the doorbell ring, Prosper opens it, only to be killed by a ghost.
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Cast
* Ambuli Gokulnath as Thamizh
* Meghna as Cherry
* Bala Saravanan
Bala Saravanan (born 2 November 1987) is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in Tamil language films.
Career
Bala made his debut as an actor in Vijay TV's school drama serial "''Kallikattu Pallikoodam"'' and came to notice in the Vija ...
as Singaram
* Bobby Simha
Jayasimha (born 6 November 1983), better known as Bobby Simha, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, alongside a few Malayalam-language films. After making brief appearances in the films ''Kadhalil Sodh ...
as Prosper
* M. S. Bhaskar as Guru
* P. S. Srijith as Ranga
* Bosskey
Bosskey is an Indian actor, Radio Jockey, Cricketer, Television anchor,[Gaana Bala
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in a special appearance
* Sandy in a special appearance
See also
* Ambuli
''Ambuli'' ( ta, அம்புலி, moon) is the first Tamil stereoscopic science fiction 3D film written and directed by Hari Shankar and Hareesh Narayan in 2012 who earlier directed ''Orr Eravuu'' in 2010 and produced by KTVR Loganathan. ...
- The previous film written and directed by Hari Shankar and Harish Narayan
References
External links
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* {{IMDb title, 3189026
2014 films
2010s Tamil-language films
Indian horror films
2014 horror films