Shakti takes up her rationalist father’s mission – trekking in a forest widely believed to be haunted to debunk local claims. But after she witnesses a series of inexplicable events in the forest, she isn’t so sure there’s a rational explanation…
A mystified Shakti seeks explanations for the ghosts that haunt both the forest and her mind.
With her friends Alice (from London), and Charles (from New York), they unite with a centuries-old spirit from the renaissance to probe the forest’s secrets and unravel its mystery – and accidentally trigger a social awakening.
An Indian thriller in Tamil and English with English subtitles.
ARC, Stockton Arts Centre
Dovecot Street, Stockton on Tees, TS18 1LL
Duration: 2hrs 22mins
Price from: £4.00
Age guidance: Cert TBC (Likely 18+)
Language: Tamil & English (with English subtitles)
A quote from our Bigger Picture Programme Manager, Amandeep Dhillon;
“I programmed this particular film for Tamil Heritage Month as I found it quite unique in its story and thought it had many discussion points, in terms of heritage by the older generation and also new rationalist discussions by perhaps the younger generation. I wanted to think about Heritage in that way – what are we passing on to future generations? I also think the Tamil community is very educated and intelligent and wanted to celebrate that in some way. Horror is also a genre we don’t tend to see much of in the independent South Indian remit and bringing that together with a documentary feel at the start and to wrap up the film was just genius.”
