After a long wait, the much-awaited trailer of Arivazhagan's upcoming film Sabdham, starring Aadhi in the lead role is all set to drop on Wednesday, February 19.
Billed as a horror thriller, Sabdham stars Lakshmi Menon as the female lead, along with notable actors Laila and Simran playing prominent roles. The film also features Redin Kingsley in another significant role. While Aadhi plays a paranormal investigator, Lakshmi Menon will be seen will be seen as a first-year resident doctor.
The teaser, which was released last year, opened with a woman dying by suicide which leads to several ominous incidents occuring inside a college. Aadhi looks to be playing a teacher who also sets out to investigate the reason behind the eerie incidents where several people hear unbearable loud noises.
In an earlier interview with CE, the director said, "Ghosts have always been identified as gory-looking creatures. In order to break away from that template, I thought it would be interesting to see a ghost that takes the shape of water or sound." He also noted that there would be an emotional aspect in Sabdham, which he hoped would resonate well with the audience. "The idea of having an emotional undercurrent in a horror film excited me after watching M Night Shyamalan's Sixth Sense (1999). I incorporated the emotional elements in Eeram, which gave a satisfying result. I hope this aspect works in favour of Sabdham too," he added.
Arivazhagan and Aadhi earlier worked in the critically acclaimed 2009 horror film Eeram. Backed by 7G Films with Aalpha Frames, a home banner of Arivazhagan, the upcoming film will mark his debut production venture.
The technical crew of Sabdham consists of S Thaman scoring the music, Arun Bathmanaban handling the cinematography, and Sabu Joseph VJ handling the editing. Arivazhagan has already worked with Thaman on his previous films, including Eeram, Vallinam and Aarathu Sinam.
Sabdham is all set to hit theatres on February 28 in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. The film will be released along with Jiiva-starrer Aghathiyaa.