Kanchana (2011 film)
Kanchana is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written and directed by Raghava Lawrence, with produced by N. Radha, under the banner of Sri Thenandal Films, and co produced by Raghava Lawrence under Raghavendra Productions. It is a sequel to his previous venture, Muni and the second instalment in the Kanchana film series. The film stars Lawrence and R. Sarathkumar in the titular roles alongside Devan, Babu Antony, Lakshmi Rai, Kovai Sarala, Devadarshini, Sriman and others in supporting roles. The film revolves around Raghava, who is scared to venture outside but gets possessed by a ghost and starts behaving weirdly.
The film's cinematography and editing were handled by Vetri and Kishore Te, respectively. The film's soundtrack was composed by S. Thaman. The film's distribution rights were bought by Sri Thenandal Films.
Kanchana
Plot
Raghava, an unemployed youth, has developed irrational phasmophobia and refuses to step out of his house after sunset, chooses to sleep in his mother's room, and forces her to accompany him to the restroom at night. His antics disrupt the peace of his family, which includes his widowed mother, Vatsala, his elder brother Prasad, the latter's wife Kamakshi, and their children. Raghava and his companions, who usually play cricket on a ground, are compelled to search for another as construction activity is to take place in it, and unwittingly choose an abandoned land, believed to be haunted by supernatural forces.While they begin setting up the cricket pitch, a peculiar weather change causes them to abandon the land and return home. Raghava does not notice that his cricket stumps are stained with blood after piercing corpses buried under the land. Raghava woos Kamakshi's younger sister Priya, who has come to stay with them, while Vatsala and Kamakshi become panic-stricken by perpetual supernatural occurrences at their residence. Hiding it from their family, Vatsala and Kamakshi consult a priest, who suggests three rituals to test the presence of a spirit in their home. Raghava, Priya, and the kids get sent to Kamakshi's maternal home to check on Kamakshi's ill father, a lie told to prevent Raghava from obstructing the rituals. Vatsala and Kamakshi's suspicions turn out to be true after they perform the rituals and to chase the ghost away, they hire two priests, who ask them to stay outside the house while they try to capture the ghost. However, they are con men chased away from the house but mislead Vatsala and Kamakshi into believing that they have seized the ghost, and they get paid. Raghava, Priya, and the kids return home the next day. On the same night, the spirit possesses Raghava.
From the succeeding day, Raghava begins to act effeminate and detaches himself from Priya. While in a shopping complex with his mother and sister-in-law, Raghava continues to act unmanly and wears a sari and women's jewellery, embarrassing Vatsala, who slaps him. Raghava strangles a woman, Madhavi, to death and later disposes of her corpse, unbeknownst to anyone. Kamakshi, that night, witnesses Raghava wearing her bangles and eventually exposes his womanish acts to Prasad, and the family confronts him. Then, the family discovers that Raghava is possessed by three spirits: a woman, an Urdu-speaking Muslim, and an autistic man. Frightened, the family approaches a Muslim exorcist, who drives the spirit away from Raghava's body and forces the woman's spirit to reveal who she is. The woman discloses herself as a transgender woman, Kanchana, who reveals her past.
As a child, Karthik was disowned by her parents when they discovered that she was a trans woman. A Muslim named Akbar Bhai, who had an autistic son, adopted Karthik. He sympathised with Karthik, gave her refuge and renamed her Kanchana. Regretting that she could not become a doctor due to her struggles, Kanchana slogged to have her adopted daughter Geetha, another trans woman, pursue her medical studies. Geetha eventually secured a scholarship and was sent abroad for post-graduation, while Kanchana bought a plot of land, intending to build a hospital there for the poor. However, the plot of land had been unlawfully seized by an MLA named Shankar for his love interest, Madhavi. When Kanchana and Akbar confronted Shankar for his act, he murdered them and tricked Akbar's son into committing suicide. He then proceeded to bury the corpses on Kanchana's plot of land.
After hearing Kanchana's story, the exorcist sympathises with her but, bound by his responsibility, seals her inside a protected container and secures Raghava with an amulet. Raghava realises that Kanchana has been doing this for a good cause. He removes his amulet and allows her to possess him. Raghava/Kanchana fights Shankar and his henchmen, but Shankar seeks refuge in a Narasimha temple, which spirits cannot enter. Kanchana prays to the god to let her enter his temple so she can kill Shankar for justice. She gets to enter the temple and kills Shankar outside of the temple.
A few years later, Raghava, Priya, and the family take part in the inauguration ceremony of the hospital, which was built on the plot of land as per Kanchana's wishes. A few local goons come to threaten them for money. Kanchana, shown to still exist within Raghava, emerges to fight them.