

Saravanan learns that Senthil had bought the Vettaiyapuram mansion, despite attempts by the local village elders to dissuade them, and moves in with them. Senthil's mother Kasthuri wanted Senthil to marry Priya, the daughter of his father's cousin Kandaswamy, to reunite the two branches of the family after 30 years of separation because Senthil's father chose to marry Kasthuri instead of Kandaswamy's sister, Akhilandeshwari, who is also his cousin. Saravanan, a psychiatrist from the United States, comes to meet his friend Senthilnathan, and his wife Ganga while on vacation. A standalone sequel titled Nagavalli (2010) was made in Telugu. The film was also dubbed into Turkish and Hindi.

It was released in Germany under the title Der Geisterjäger (English: The Ghost Hunters). It became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into German. It was also dubbed and released in Bhojpuri under the title Chandramukhi Ke Hunkaar. Jyothika and Vadivelu were each awarded a Kalaimamani Award for their work on the film.Ĭhandramukhi was dubbed in Telugu and was simultaneously released with the same title as the Tamil version. The film won five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, four Film Fans' Association Awards and two Filmfare Awards.


The film became a major box office success, with a theatrical run of 890 days at Shanti Theatre. It was released on 14 April 2005 on the eve of the Tamil New Year. Principal photography began on 24 October 2004 and was completed in March 2005. The film was made on a budget of ₹190 million. Chandramukhi 's plot revolves around a woman who suffers from dissociative identity disorder that affects a family, and a psychiatrist who intends to solve the case while risking his life. Joseph and editing was done by Suresh Urs. The soundtrack album and background score were composed by Vidyasagar. It is a remake of Vasu's Kannada film Apthamitra (2004), which itself the main plot was inspired from the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu (1993). The film stars Rajinikanth, Prabhu, Jyothika, Vadivelu and Nayanthara, with Nassar, Sheela, Vijayakumar, Vinaya Prasad, Sonu Sood, Suvarna Mathew, Vineeth, Malavika and K. Vasu, and was produced and distributed by Ramkumar Ganesan of Sivaji Productions. Moon-faced beauty) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film written and directed by P.
