''Uruvam'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language horror film, directed by

G. M. Kumar G. M. Kumar is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He won Nandi Award for Best Story Writer, Nandi Award for Second Best Story Writer film Muvva Gopaludu (1987) its an official remake of his own film ''Aruvadai Naal'' Per ...

. The film stars Mohan,

Pallavi A pallavi has multiple connotations in carnatic music. It is the first part of any formal composition (Krithi) which has three segments - Pallavi, Anupallavi and Charanam (which can be one or more). Pallavi is usually also an abbreviation of R ...

, R. P. Viswam, débutante Veera Pandiyan and Jaimala . It was released on 15 March 1991.

Plot

The illegitimate son of a rich man loses a court battle over the palatial house in which he has been living. So he appeals to Bangaru Muni (Sathyajith) and he sets off a devastating abhichara prayoga (black magic attack) on the legitimate son Mohan ( Mohan) and his family. Bangaru Muni unleashes dakini, sakini, Mohini pisachi and other pretas in house. He does the ashtadig bandhan so that person should not escape. Mohan lives happily with his wife ( Jaimala), his two children, his sister Raasi (

), his brother-in-law Ashok ( Veera Pandiyan) and his wife's sister Meena (Roshini). They all move to the palatial house. Mohan is an atheist who doesn't believe in the supernatural or God. Soon, the family is disturbed by a supernatural spirit unleashed by Bangaru Muni. The spirit in Mohan's body kills his wife, his children and his brother-in-law and even Bangaru Muni. Finally, Jolna Swamy (R. P. Viswam) comes to their rescue and fights against the evil spirit which is in Mohan's body. Jolna Swamy finally destroys the spirit, but Mohan is sent to a mental asylum, where he grieves for not believing in Almighty God.

Cast

* Mohan as Mohan *

as Raasi * R. P. Viswam as Jolna Swamy *Veera Pandiyan as Ashok * Jaimala as Mohan's wife * Sathyajith as Bangaru Muni *Moorthy * Roshini as Meena *Master Krishnaprasad as Mohan's son *Baby Swarnalatha as Mohan's daughter * Crazy Venkatesh as Venkatesh *Vaithyanathan *R. T. Madurai Mani *Sottai Mani *Pandian

Production

Development

After the failure of his films '' Pick Pocket'' and '' Irumbu Pookkal'',

began work on his next film, also his first horror film. The film was produced by actress

's brother and another partner.

Casting

Mohan accepted the offer of the protagonist and hoped for a fresh lease on his career. Pallavi signed on for this new project with G. M. Kumar, who acted in two of his previous films. R. P. Viswam would have a vital role of a Swamy and was also responsible for the dialogue. The newcomer Arasavarathan would essay the role as Pallavi's husband, while Jaimala would play as Mohan's wife. Three different cinematographers: K. Rajpreeth, Ilavarasan and Dhayal handle the camera, K. A. Balan was signed up as the art director, while A. P. Manivannan took up the post of the editor.

Filming

The film was made on low budget,

shot the film with three different units, each unit consisting of an assistant director and a cinematographer: S. Govindaraj with K. Rajpreeth, S. Selvakumar with Ilavarasan and D. Narayanamoorthy with Dhayal. G. M. Kumar managed to complete the film within 12 days. The film doesn't have any fights. Ilaiyaraaja provided mainly the

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and composed only one song. The film was heavily censored by the Indian

Central Board of Film Certification The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provision ...

, which gave the film an "A" certificate, an adult rating, due to its "mix of soft porn and hard horror".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0320703 1990s Tamil-language films 1991 films 1991 horror films Films directed by G. M. Kumar Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian horror films