
To start with, this movie is kinda science-fiction thriller with a script that is quite innovative and new to the Tamil Industry. The script written by Vikram K. Kumar is quite interesting with a lot of turning points and queer twists then and there. It is a bilingual film and has been remade as 13B in Hindi.
Weinstein company has purchased the script and the film is also be reproduced in Hollywood. Its the first time a tamil film is going to be reproduced in Hollywood.
THE PLOT:
Madhavan who plays the role of Manohar, a middle class family man is happy in constructing a new apartment for pursuing a beautiful life along with his family. The apartment is in the 13th floor (13B) and when the family is annoyed with some typical incidents that are considered inauspicious. When an electrician comes to fix the lights in the pooja room, he receives a shock and it is considered to be ominous by his family members but Manohar shrugs it off as he is delighted about the completion of the construction work after a long time of hardwork.
Meanwhile, his family is so much obsessed with a TV serial named Yavarum Nalam and they begin to watch it daily. Manohar is shocked when he takes a picture of himself in the cellphone and finds it distorted and unusual but he doesnt consider much about it at that time. Later wen the family is out for a marriage function, Manohar finds that the dog runs away scared on seeing something in his home. Wen he rechecks taking the picture, he finds that it is normal when taken outside his appartment and distorted when taken inside. He starts suspecting that something is wrong inside the appartment.
In another instance, the dog discovers something buried near the appartment and when he digs it out he finds a photo album. The pictures in the album depict a family that is similar the that of Mahohar's who lived in the same address about 30 years back. This is where the plot gets interesting. Then he begins to investigate in this further by joining hands with his friend Shiva who is a Police inspector.
Manohar finds that the charecters potrayed in the serial have existed in the same address several years ago and there seems to be a mysterious coincidence between the happenings in the serial and his real life. The same incidents that happen in the serial occur in his real life too. He is terrified by realizing this and he starts working on it with his friend Shiva. They come across a news material which states the suicide of a person who was in love with Chitra, a girl who lived in that house. The whole family was slaughtered and a psychologically affected brother in their family is accused of this and he is placed in a lunatic asylum.
The story becomes more interesting when Manohar inquires his family Doctor Bala who says the souls with unsatisfied desires come to earth to get them done and they can take any form and this specific has taken TV as the medium. So, Manohar understands that the ghost is trying to express its need through the serial and he can get rid of it if he is able to fulfil the desire. Finally, he watches the last episode in the serial in which the family is entirely murdered and the hammer is in his hands. So, he fears that he himself might cause the destruction of his family and so he asks his friend to lock him in a room and do not let him out.
But he then discovers that the suicided boy is the brother of his own family doctor and he is the one who murdered the entire family using a hammer, for which the lunatic brother was accused and kept in jail. So, he pursues his friend and they rush to the apartment where he kills the doctor using the hammer as predicted in the serial.
In the End, the doctor's ghost threatens Manohar by speaking through his mobile phone.
CONCLUSION:
Overall the story is quite innovative and has some mysterious twists and turns with some humor. Overall It is really a good film to watch with family.