Jameen Kottai

<p>The title of the film, , refers to a remote, haunted location where the main events takes place. The local villagers fear the guards that protect it. Many believe that a secret treasure is hidden in the palace. One day, and his daughter, , arrive at the palace where she has a vision of a past life. Meanwhile, an elderly lady secretly records the conversation of a group plotting to retrieve the treasure. She later gives the recording to Manickam, who finds a clue relating to the location of the treasure, which then leads him to Karuvapatti. Manickam( ) and his friend Prakash decide to buy the land in order to start searching for the treasure before others do. They are small-time crooks who want the treasure at any cost. They plow the land and uncover a large object carved with hideous figures. Madasamy( ) is a skilled locksmith who lives with his sister Rajeshwari. He discovers that the village’s doctor, Vasanth, is secretly in love with his sister, and he decides to arrange their marriage. The doctor’s family asks for a huge dowry for his sister, which Madasamy accepts. He then decides to find work in the city hoping to earn a greater salary. As Madasamy is leaving the village, he meets Prakash and Manickam who ask him for a favour. They offer him money to accompany them to the palace. The three visit the palace that same night, and Madasamy manages to open its main safe. Prakash and Manickam give him enough money to fund his sister’s wedding and Madasamy leaves. In the safe, a manuscript explains how to obtain the treasure. A few days later, on the night of the full moon, Prakash and Manickam return to the palace. There, Prakash beats up Manickam with the intention of keeping the treasure for himself. Alone, Prakash conducts the ritual as described in the manuscript. However, to his astonishment, he summons a satanic spirit that ends up killing him. The spirit flees the palace and encounters Rajeshwari, “possessing” her body. Meanwhile, Madasamy arranges his sister’s wedding and goes to Chennai to consult an astrologer. The astrologer says his sister’s marriage will happen successfully, but says it will not. Madasamy gets angry and tries to beat him. In the ensuing scuffle, Madasamy is arrested by the police. Rajeshwari faints during the wedding ceremony and the groom’s family halt the proceedings. The groom, Vasanth, questions the paternity of the child Rajeshwari is revealed to be carrying. Still possessed by the evil spirit, she kills Vasanth. Madasamy returns home to discover his sister has murdered her lover. He takes his sister to a doctor, but the doctor is a fraud who has been conjured by the devil and declares Rajeshwari not pregnant. then discovers that the doctor is an aspect of the evil spirit, eventually killing him. The murder of is observed by Madasamy in a reflection on the water that reveals the doctor in his true ghostly form. advises him to go to to discover the truth. He complies and finds that in his previous life he was a general in . The Jameen wanted to be immortal and so on the advice of Mahakanni, an old sorceress, he planned to kill 99 people who were born in Rohini star and Kanni Lagna. Since Madasamy had the same Nakshatra, he was killed. Madasamy planned to marry Mohini. Mahakanni advises Jameen to have sex with Rajeshwari who is a sister to Madasamy and sacrifice the child to Satan. Jameen and his men try to rape Mohini and Rajeshwari, but Mohini, using her power of chastity, burns Jameen and his army. Due to his sacrifices, Jameen’s heart is not destroyed and Mahakanni promises Jameen that on the 7th generation, they will be reborn and fulfil his destiny. Madasamy tries to possess and destroy the heart, but the spirits make him old and sap him of his youth. The Supreme Goddess , who is a famous deity in the preceding devotional neighbourhood village Ammanoor, then kills the Satanic spirit from the and saves everyone in the village. Thus the film concludes with a happy, and devotional ending. The soundtrack was composed by , with lyrics written by Kalidasan. wrote, “The crux of G. Sekharan’s story (screenplay and dialogue also his) is ideally suited for exploitation but financial constraints have curbed such an intention, the director Ramchandar making best of the available talent and facilities. Naturally, the inadequacies in the performance of the artistes are made good by the computer works”.</p>