One more horror film – how different can this be. ‘Connect’ directed by Ashwin Saravanan is about scare and thrills but does not take the refuge of humour or love story – and still manages to be engagingly scary. And, the story happens during lockdown.
A family is living in a beachside house – father, mother and daughter (Vinay, Mayanthara and Haniya Nafisa). They are still arguing about whether the daughter should take up music in London as she wishes or complete education when National Lockdown happens. And, the mother and daughter are stuck at home during lockdown, turn covid positive and quarantine themselves. Eventually they find that the daughter is possessed. And that gives way to some goose bumps and scary scenes elevated by some amazing cinematography and background score with Anupam Kher for a cameo thrown in. Actor Sathyaraj also has an important part to play as grandfather to Nafisa who makes an impressive debut with Connect.
Film: Connect
Director: Ashwin Saravanan
Cast: Nayanthara, Haniya Nafisa, Anupam Kher, Sathyaraj and Vinay
Directed by Ashwin Saravanan
Written by Ashwin Saravanan & Kaavya Ramkumar
D.O.P – Manikantan Krishnamachary
Music – Prithvi Chandrasekhar
Editor – Richard Kevin
Art director – Siva Sankar & Sreeraman
Sound design – Sachin Sudhakaran, Hariharan M
(Sync cinema) Sound Mix – Rajakrishnan.
M R Stunts – “Real” Satish
Costume Designer – Anu Vardhan & Kavitha J
Makeup – Chidambaram
Prosthetic artist – Sneha Manoj, Astha Bisani
VFX – Realworks Studios Casting – Varsha Varadarajan
Stills – Komalam Ranjith
Publicity designer – Kabilan
PRO – Suresh chandra – Rekha D One
Executive Producer – Ra. Sibi Marappan
Associate Producer – Gubendiran VK
Co produced by – Mayilvaganan KS
Banner: Rowdy Pictures, UV Creations
Produced by Vignesh Shivan
