Teaser Time: Selvaraghavan's NENJAM MARAPPATHILLAI, A Romantic Horror Thriller

One of the most interesting filmmakers working in India's Tamil film industry is Selvaraghavan. This director, who happens to be the elder brother of actor Dhanush (Aadukalam and the upcoming project from Persepolis director, Marjane Satrapi), has a very distinct visual style that almost always yields very interesting results.

His latest project is a romantic horror film titled Nenjam Marappathillai, starring S.J. Suryah and Regina Cassandra. The film shares a title with a 1963 Tamil horror film about reincarnation, but exactly how much else it shares is still to be determined. Suryah is a fairly busy director in the Tamil film industry but recently made a huge splash with his acting performance in Karthik Subbaraj's Iraivi as an alcoholic movie director looking to put his life back together.

Nenjam Marappathillai looks like it'll be going the supernatural route based upon the visuals of the teaser. I was also able ot gleam from a translation of the teaser dialogue that Suryah speaks about seeing a ghost in the opening monologue. The visuals for this teaser are quite impressive and leave us interested in seeing more. In the past Selvaraghavan has gone full speed ahead on crazy, outlandish visuals that suggest alternate dimensions and reality-hopping, but this time around it looks like he's trying to rein it in a bit and keep the action centered on a family that looks like it's facing a crisis.

Nenjam Marappathillai is scheduled to open soon, though a proper release date has not been set.