![]() Anxiety, dread, sense of hopelessness and fear – the horror genre lends itself to these emotions beautifully. I wanted to portray those emotions in a film and I realised the only genre that would work for my purpose was horror. There was hopelessness and uncertainty about whether we would ever recover from it. ![]() In a conversation with Silverscreen India, Ashwin Saravanan stated that: "I was feeling stressed and anxious the times were very uncertain. Mekha Rajan as Ouija Board practitioner.Haniya Nafisa as Anna Joseph (Ammu), Susan and Joseph's daughter.Vinay Rai as Dr.Joseph Benoy, Susan's late husband, (Cameo appearance).Sathyaraj as Arthur Samuel, Susan's father.Father Augustine gifts a potted plant to Susan and asks her to plant it in memory of her loved ones. Ultimately, they save Anna from the demon, and everything returns to normal. It emotionally blackmails Susan by talking in Anna's voice. The demon reveals that its name is Curson. He starts the exorcism with Arthur and Susan in Zoom and warns them not to get distracted by anything. Though reluctant at first, Father Alex finally suggests that an online exorcism might be the only way to save Anna and makes the necessary arrangements. She had trapped Anna by letting a demon possess her in exchange for wealth. He reveals that the Ouija Board practitioner is a Devil worshipper who summons evil spirits. Also, he tells Susan about Anna’s attempts to contact her father through a Séance ritual. He tells her that certain behavior such as speaking in different languages, having superhuman strength and knowing too much about people's personal lives are all symptoms of demonic possession. Through a Zoom video call with Father Augustine (Anupam Kher), Arthur and Susan learn that Anna is possessed by a demon who intends to destroy her. Later, Susan is injured by an evil spirit. On Arthur’s insistence, Susan lets Father Alex (Avinash) come to their house and perform a prayer. Anna starts talking with the therapist in Malayalam and taunts her about her husband’s extramarital affairs.Īs days pass, Susan notices suspicious activity in her house and sees drawings of inverted crosses in Anna’s room. ![]() Anna's reclusive behavior worries Susan who arranges for a therapist to talk to her child in an online session. Also, Anna has become moody and withdrawn and confines herself to her room. Unfortunately, the practitioner who seems to initially help Anna apparently worships Satan and performs a ritual.Ī few days later, Susan reveals to her father, Arthur Samuel (Sathyaraj), that she and her daughter have tested positive for COVID. Anna, who cannot get over her father’s death, gets in touch with an Ouija board practitioner (Mekha Rajan) via a video call to help her contact her father’s spirit. ![]() Benoy is hospitalized and dies soon after. ![]() Joseph Benoy (Vinay Rai) lives with his wife Susan (Nayantara), and teenage daughter Anna Joseph (Haniya Nafisa), an aspiring musician who has secured admission to Trinity College, London.ĭuring the nationwide lockdown in India, Dr. The film also marks Kher's return to Tamil cinema after a long gap. The background score was composed by Prithvi Chandrasekhar. Connect marks the second collaboration of Saravanan with Nayanthara, after Maya. Connect is a 2022 Tamil-language Supernatural horror film directed by Ashwin Saravanan and produced by Vignesh Shivan under Rowdy Pictures, starring Nayanthara, Sathyaraj, Anupam Kher, and Vinay Rai. ![]()
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