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Shock is a film of genre Drama directed by Thiagarajan Sivanandam with Prashanth
Shock (2004)
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Add to a movie listShock is a 2004 Tamil language supernatural thriller film directed and produced by Thiagarajan. The film features his son Prashanth in a leading role alongside Meena and Abbas, while Suhasini, Kalairani and Sarath Babu amongst others play supporting roles. The music is by Salim-Sulaiman. The film was a remake of Ram Gopal Varma's Hindi film, Bhoot (2003), and was released in July 2004 to a positive response from critics.
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Synopsis
The film revolves around Vasanth (Prashanth), a stock analyst, and his wife Malini (Meena). The two are in search for a flat in Chennai. Vassanth finds the perfect place on the 12th floor of a high-rise apartment building. However, the apartment has a horrifying past. The previous occupant of the flat, a young woman Manju who had killed her child and jumped from the balcony and died. Malini learns about this incident shortly after moving in and becomes oddly fixated with the story. Then, a series of inexplicable experiences drive Malini to near madness.Actors
Prashanth
(Vasanth)
Meena
(Malini/Manju)
Abbas
(Ajay)
Thiagarajan Sivanandam
(Paramasivan)
Suhasini Maniratnam
(An Exorcist)
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