Kaashmora

Kaashmora

Poster
Directed by Gokul
Produced by S R Prakashbabu
S R Prabhu
Written by Gokul
John Mahendran
R. Murugesan
Starring Karthi
Nayantara
Sri Divya
Vivek
Music by Santhosh Narayanan
Cinematography Om Prakash
Edited by V. J. Sabu Joseph
Production
company
Distributed by Thenandal Films (Tamil)
PVP Cinema (Telugu)
Release dates
  • 28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)
Running time
 164 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget ₹600 million[1]
Box office ₹380 million (3 days)[2]

Kaashmora (English: Deadly Spirit) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language epic supernatural comedy thriller film written and directed by Gokul. It features Karthi, Nayantara and Sri Divya in the lead roles.[3][4] Santhosh Narayanan composed the film's score and soundtrack.[5] The film was released worldwide on 28 October 2016.[6]

Plot

Kaashmora and his family live by cheating people in the name of black magic and dark spirits. One day, a PhD research student Yamini joins Kaashmora, only to gather evidence and expose him to the public. Kaashmora's fame brings him to a superstitious and fraudulent Minister. Kaashmora earns the Minister's trust. When income tax department raids the minister's house, he asks his henchmen to transfer all the illegal money to Kaashmora's house. Seeing this as an opportunity to escape and settle abroad, Kaashmora's family escapes with the money. Meanwhile, Chelapathy Rao, a Telugu man seeks Kaashmora's help and brings him to a haunted bungalow in Andhra Pradesh. In the bungalow, Kaashmora is haunted by real ghosts. Back in Chennai, the Minister learns that Kaashmora is a fraud and sends his henchmen to kill his family. The henchmen try to get Kaashmora from the bungalow but are unable to do so as the ghost beats them all and drags Kaashmora and his family inside the bungalow. Inside, they meet with a broker who got trapped inside the bungalow for a long time. The broker says that the bungalow was once a princess's palace. Ever since her death, residents and owners of the bungalow had met with an ill fated death. He also tells that there are 13 ghosts in the bungalow. The trapped people meet the ghost of Raj Nayak, the head of all the 13 ghosts. Rajnayak asks Kaashmora to help him and his 13 subordinates reach the spiritual world. He then locks them in the castle. That night, a young girl in Kaashmora's dream leads him to a locked door within the castle. Waking up, Kaashmora follows the same route, but is stopped by Yamini, who reveals to him that Chelapathy Rao, the man who led him here, died 75 years ago and it was his ghost that led Kaashmora as well as Yamini to the bungalow. Kaashmora searches the castle and gets hold of an old book that dates back 700 years. Raj Nayak was a self obsessed warlord and a womanizer. The King remained silent and didn't interfere with Rajnayak's growing atrocities because of his military prowess. One day, the princess Rathna Mahadevi elopes with her lover who is the enemy nation's prince. The King announces that he'll marry off Rathna and give away half of his kingdom to the man who finds her. Rajnayak kills the prince ans forcibly brings Rathna back. He proceeds and kills the crown Prince and the King. He marries Rathna and coronates himself as the King. However, Rathna has other plans. She and her friends seduces Rajnayak and his subordinates. While his subordinates are burned alive, Rajnayak is beheaded by Rathna. However, he kills her before dying. Before breathing her last, Rathna places a curse on the 13 men, banishing them from reaching the spiritual world. Ever since, Rajnayak and the other 12 ghosts had haunted the palace and its occupants. An exorcist once had predicted that Raj Nayak and the other ghosts would reach eternal power if they are able to sacrifice the lives of 5 people belonging to the same family with the same birth sign. The sacrifice should be performed by a lady who is the only woman in her lineage. This should happen during the Namakali Pournami that occurs once every 1000 years. Kaashmora learns that his family members all have the same birth sign and that Yamini is the only woman in her family. That night, Namkali Pournami occurs and Rajnayak forces Kaashmora and his family to a guillotine. The young girl from Kaashmora's dream apparates and she turns out to be Rathna Mahadevi's reincarnation. While Rathna and Raj Nayak fight each other, Kaashmora fends off the subordinate ghosts with the help of a magical sword. Rathna's conscience leads him to a chamber within the castle where Rajnayak's remains are. Using the sword, Kaashmora destroys the remains, making Rajnayak vulnerable. Rathna destroys Raj Nayak's spirit and it goes to the underworld. The other spirits flee the castle to the spiritual world. Kaashmora and his family get out of the castle and he claims that he has destroyed the spirits and cleansed the centuries haunted bungalow

Cast

Production

Kaashmora was begun in the first week of May 2015. With a budget of ₹600 million, this is the most expensive film Karthi has starred in.[7] In this movie, Karthi plays three roles in the movie.[8] Karthi appears as a King (Raj Nayak), a youth (Kaashmora) as well as a man with tonsured head in this movie.[9] He will be romancing Nayanthara for the first time in his career.[10] It is noteworthy that Nayanthara was announced as the heroine of Karthi in Paiyaa but walked out due to unknown reasons. Sri Divya is playing as second heroine. ‘Kaashmora’ is directed by Gokul, who gave the laugh riot anthology Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara.[11]

Vivek will be playing Karthi’s character's father in Kashmora.[12] This was revealed by the comedian himself at the Palakaatu Madhavan audio launch held Apr 23 2015.[13][14] In an interview, Director Gokul announced that Nayanthara plays a princess in this film, while Sri Divya plays an investigative journalist. With regard to Karthi's work, he said that, he was impressed by his (Karthi's) performance.[15] Music of the movie is composed by Santhosh Narayanan.[16][17] Art direction for this movie is done by Rajeevan, V J Sabu Joseph handles the editing, while Om Prakash is doing cinematography.[18] Producers confirmed that Kaashmora will be released both in Tamil and Telugu languages for Diwali (October) 2016.[19][20][21] This multi-genre film has a mix of action and comedy, promises to offer some some surprise elements in the screenplay as well.[22]

In an interview, director Gokul says, “Karthi will be seen as the warlord avatar, which will be there for nearly 30 minutes, where it goes interwoven with other two characters played by Karthi himself. One among them is a youngster and third role is suspense, which you have to witness over the screens."[23]

Visual effects

It's been said that the "3D Face scan" technology, first of its kind for south Indian movie, has been used in this film.[24][25] Karthi's face has been 3D scanned for an important sequence which will be running 15 minutes.[26] Kaashmora comprises 80 minutes of VFX scenes.[27] Director Gokul says that, 360-degree omnidirectional camera rig is used for shooting a particular sequence and this is the first time for an Indian movie to use this technology.[28] This technology covers entire 360 degree, approximately entire sphere.[29] Omnidirectional cameras are used where large visual field coverage is needed, such as in panoramic photography.[30] This camera is used in this movie to shoot a song and few scenes.[31] Art direction team has erected 17 sets in and around Chennai to make simultaneous filming process and to save time.

Soundtrack

Kaashmora
Soundtrack album by Santhosh Narayanan
Released 7 October 2016 (2016-October-07)
Recorded 2015-2016
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Think Music
Producer Dream Warrior Pictures
Santhosh Narayanan chronology
Kodi
(2016)		 Kaashmora
(2016)		 Server Sundaram (upcoming film)
(2016)

Think Music has acquired the audio rights for the Tamil version, as well as the dubbed Telugu Version. The film's songs and background music are composed by Santhosh Narayanan with lyrics by Muthamil and Laitha Anand. There are six tracks in the album including two instrumentals. The film's soundtrack was released on 7 October 2016.[32]

Track List[33]

Tracklist
No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Dhikku Dhikku Sir"   Santhosh Narayanan 3:27
2. "Jagadhammaa"   Ananthu 3:43
3. "Oyaa Oyaa"   Kalpana Raghavendar 4:95
4. "Thakida Thakida"   Santhosh Narayanan & Saisharan 3:86
5. "Dhikku Dhikku Sir (Instrumental)"   Santhosh Narayanan 3:29
6. "Oyaa Oyaa (Instrumental)"   Santhosh Narayanan 4:95

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  24. ↑ WoodsDeck. "Kashmora joins the Diwali race first". WoodsDeck. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
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  26. ↑ "3D Scanning Technology used in Kaashmora". Indiaglitz.com. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  27. ↑ "Kashmora confirmed for Diwali release — Only Kollywood". 2016-06-26. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
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  29. ↑ "Kashmora uses 360-Degree omnidirectional camera rig". Retrieved 2016-07-18.
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