Akam (film)

Akam (English: Inside) is an Indian Malayalam language thriller drama film written and directed by Shalini Usha Nair. The film is a contemporary retelling of Malayattoor Ramakrishnan's classic psycho-thriller novel Yakshi (1967). The story is about Srini (Fahadh Faasil), a young architect, who starts suspecting that his beautiful wife Ragini (Anumol) is a yakshi.

Akam
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Directed by	Shalini Usha Nair
Screenplay by	Shalini Usha Nair
Based on	Yakshi by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
Produced by	Box Office Cinema
Starring	Fahadh Faasil Anumol
Cinematography	Christopher John Smith
Edited by	Arunima Shankar
Music by	Deepak Raghu Murari Vasudevan
Production company	Box Office Cinema
Release dates	December 2011 (2011-12) (DIFF) 26 April 2013 (2013-04-26) (India)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

The film was shot in and around Trivandrum and its surrounding suburbs.^[1] It premiered at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival in December 2011.^[2] It was also screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival and International Film Festival of Kerala. The film released in theatres on 26 April 2013.

Plot

Srinivasan is a young architect. He is happy when he gets a good job and a beautiful girlfriend, Tara. But then an accident disfigures him. Tara leaves him and Srinivasan, now sans his confidence, withdraws into his shell. Then he meets the beautiful Ragini who is willing to accept him despite his disfigurement. They get married, but after a while, he doubts the true identity of this woman. He doubts that this woman is not human. From there the story develops.

Cast

• Fahadh Faasil as Srini
• Anumol as Ragini^[3]
• Prakash Bare
• Shelly Kishore
• Sajitha Madathil

Critical reception

Veeyen from Nowrunning.com says: "Somber and extremely suspenseful, the illusory texture of its narrative turns out to be of a class of its own."^[4][5]

Film festival screenings

The film was screened at the following festivals:

• December 2011: Dubai International Film Festival^[2]
• December 2011: International Film Festival of Kerala
• June 2012: Shanghai International Film Festival (World Panorama section)^[1]

See also

• Yakshi, a 1968 film adaptation of the novel