Karungaapiyam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDeekay
Written byDeekay
Produced byPadarthi Padmaja
Starring
CinematographyVignesh Vasu
Edited byVijay velukutty
Music byPrasad SN
Production
company
Pave Entertainments
Distributed byBlockbuster Production
Release date
  • 19 May 2023 (2023-05-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Karungaapiyam (transl. Black novel) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language horror thriller film written and directed by Deekay.[1] It stars Kajal Aggarwal and Regina Cassandra in the prominent roles. Whilst Janani Iyer, Raiza Wilson, Noyrika Bhatheja, Kalaiyarasan, Yogi Babu, Karunakaran, Lollu Sabha Manohar, John Vijay, Sha Ra, Aadhav Kannadasan, VJ Parvathy, TSK, Sherlin Seth, Kutty Gopi and others in supporting roles.

The film was released on 19 May 2023.

Plot

Umayaal who is tired of staying locked down at home during the covid pandemic, takes up on her friend priya's idea of visiting her priya's brother's newly acquired library as she enjoys reading. There she comes across an ancient book named 'Karungaapiyam'. The book contains a bunch of short stories filled with supernatural elements. Though the book looks old and seems to be written decades ago, most of its stories take place in the present time and involve elements like the lockdown, technological developments etc., making Umayaal wonder about the author's ability to see the future. When she couldn't find the author's name, She phones priya to check the author from the library's catalogue and continues to read the book. As she reads, she starts experiencing strange happenings around her and sees ghosts from those stories. But she continues to read on. The fourth story is about karthika who lived during the British rule in india, in a secluded village in Tamil nadu where she was respected and revered for her kind and generous heart. The villagers also believed she had the blessings of God that whatever she writes down came true. Suddenly mysterious murders start occurring in the village and children go missing. Karthika's husband who was serving in the military suddenly dies leaving her behind with their daughter, umayaal (same name as the heroine) and his brother. Thereafter, Word spreads that she is a witch responsible for all the murders and missing cases in their village. The entire community begins to treat her poorly, and she is forced to relocate to the village's outskirts. But the actual bad guy behind all those murders is karthika's husband's greedy brother who plans to pin all the blame on karthika to eliminate her, wanting all their wealth for himself. The villagers, except for a few, fall for this and stone the innocent karthika to death. She comes back as ghost and kills the villain and his men when they plan to eliminate kathika's daughter umayaal just as they did karthika. The story ends here. Umayaal finishes reading the story and runs out of the library when the paranormal stuff starts again. She gets home and shares all she experienced that day to priya who tells her that the name of the author of 'karungaapiyam' is Umayaal karthika which also happens to be the full name of our heroine, umayaal. This shocks them and they feel there is a connection between the author and our heroine. Priya says that karthika must've forseen her own ending too and thus has written this book. She adds that umayaal is the reincarnation of karthika and might posses superpowers just like karthika. To test her theory, she asks umayaal to write something. Umayaal initially writing some silly stuff, then writes that a murderer santa claus with an axe and a bell chases her. When nothing happens, they laugh and the friend leaves to go home. Turning around, there in the hallway, umayaal sees a santa claus with an axe and a bell in his hands.....

Cast

Production

The film was directed by Deekay, also known as D. Karthikeyan.[2] It is the second collaboration between Kajal Aggarwal and the director Deekay after Kavalai Vendam.[3] The film was produced by Padarthi Padmaja under the banner of Pave Entertainments.The film was shot in Chennai, Udumalaipettai, and Pollachi.[4] The film's cinematography was done by Vignesh Vasu in his second collaboration with the director ater Kaatteri. The editing of the film was done by Vijay Velukutty.[5] The first look poster for the film was released on 16 July 2021.[6][7] The trailer for the film was released on 30 January 2023.[8] [9]

Music

The music for the film was composed by S. N. Prasad in his third collaboration with Deekay after Yaamirukka Bayamey and Kaatteri.

Release

Theatrical

The film was originally scheduled to release on 7 April 2023,[10] but was postponed, and it was released theatrically on 19 May 2023.

Reception

Chandhini R of Cinema Express gave the film a rating of 1.5/5, stating, "All the episodes have some horror elements of sorts but they are hardly inventive."[11] Siby Jeyya of the India Herald gave the film a mixed review, stating, "We really wished the entire movie was shot with Kajal Aggarwal itself."[12] Thanthi TV critic gave mixed reviews.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Karungaapiyam revolves around dark tales from a book: Director Deekay". DT next. 17 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "5 ஹீரோயின்கள் நடிக்கும் திகில் படம் "கருங்காப்பியம்" படத்தின் ஃபர்ஸ்ட் லுக் அவுட்". Zee Hindustan Tamil (in Tamil). 17 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. ↑ மலர், மாலை (9 November 2021). "கருங்காப்பியம்". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Kajal Aggarwal Raped and Harassed in Public and becomes Ghost". indiaherald.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Karungaapiyam: Women-Centric Multi-Starrer is a Mixture of Various Subgenres of Horror, Says Director Deekay". Silverscreen India. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Shruti Haasan to team up with director Deekay; the untitled project to go on floors in a couple of months". OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Kajal, Regina, Janani and Raiza team up for Karungaapiyam". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kajal Aggarwal's Karungaapiyam trailer out". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Trailer of Deekay directorial Karungaapiyam out". News18. 1 February 2023. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "காஜல் அகர்வாலின் கருங்காப்பியம் ஏப்ரல் 7ம் தேதி ரிலீஸ்! | Karungaapiyam releasing in theatres from April 7th". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 26 March 2023. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Karungaapiyam Movie Review: A banal horror of garbled stories and underwhelming execution". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Karungaapiyam Movie Review - Kajal Aggarwal is the Saving Grace". indiaherald.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  13. ↑ டிவி, தந்தி (2023-05-23). "ஒரே படத்துல இத்தனை ஹீரோயினா! திகில் கிளப்பும் 'கருங்காப்பியம்' - படம் எப்படி இருக்கு? | MOVIE REVIEW". www.thanthitv.com (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
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