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Maya (2015)
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Add to a movie listMaya is a 2015 Indian horror film written and directed by Ashwin Saravanan. It features Nayantara in the lead role, with Aari and Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli playing supporting roles. The film and Nayanthara's performance have received positive reviews from critics. It was dubbed in Telugu as "Mayuri".
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Vasanth(Aari) is an artist who is working on a story about 'Mayavanam', a haunted forest. Vasanth's boss, Ram Prasad (Amzath Khan), tells him about a book that details the life of the mentally-ill who were forced into asylums and experimented upon. Madhan (Uday Mahesh), an episode writer, recounts the story of one such inmate, a woman named Maya Matthews, who was forced to give up her new-born daughter to the authorities in the asylum. She falls to her death from the building, with an expensive ring rumored to be on her person, and is buried in the grounds of the asylum (Mayavanam), where it is believed her vengeful spirit now roams. Soon, Madhan and Vasanth's friend meet with grisly deaths, which spurs Vasanth to embark on an investigation into Mayavanam.Actors
Nayantara
(Maya Mathews / Apsara)
Aari
(Vasanth and Arjun)
Amzath Khan
(Ram)
Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli
(Swathi)
Robo Shankar
(Forest Officer)
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