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Anandabhadram

Santosh Sivan

India2005 133min 35mm Color International Premiere

Synopsis

Ananthan goes to Shivapuram, an Indian village where his ancestors lived. Following his mother's will, he traveled far from the US to light the lamps in the Shiva Temple, the temple of his ancestors, and to scatter his mother's ashes on a river there. However, the village people warn him that the lamps of the Shiva Temple must never be lit. He dismisses their warning as a mere superstition, and goes into the Shiva Temple only to find his life changed forever by the power of black magic.

Diretor

Santosh Sivan

Santosh Sivan was born in Chennai, India. While attending the renowned Film and Television Institute of India, He shot many documentaries and received the gold meal for cinematography at graduation. Since then, he has been cinematographer on more then forty films and has won nine national awards. The Terrorist is his first feature film.