Diya

<p>Thulasi and Krishna, who aborted their child Diya due to family pressure, marry five years later, but Thulasi struggles with their past until Krishna helps her move on. Unbeknownst to them, Diya’s vengeful spirit follows them, killing those responsible for her abortion, including Krishna’s father, Thulasi’s mother, their doctor in an accident while driving her car even though the car keys are with the doctor and the spirit kills her inside the doctor’s car, and Thulasi’s uncle, while police suspect a pattern in the mysterious deaths. Thulasi realizes Diya’s presence and warns Krishna, but he dismisses her fears, even as she prevents his death at a construction site, leading him to seek psychiatric help. When Krishna isolates himself, Diya attempts to kill him by crushing him with moving walls, but Thulasi’s spirit intervenes after she meets with an accident, convincing Krishna of the truth. Thulasi is revived in the hospital, emotionally reuniting with Diya’s spirit, and the movie ends with her discovering she is pregnant again, delivering a message about abortion. In early April 2017, announced that he would be working on a film starring for and that he would direct a script he had written “three and a half years ago”. He had chosen to cast Sai Pallavi, after another project for Pramod Films, which would have been a Tamil remake of the Malayalam film (2015) with , was suddenly shelved. After securing the actress’s dates to shoot the film, Vijay finalised the technical crew to include his regular collaborators such as cinematographer and editor . For Sai Pallavi, it became her first Tamil language film following a series of projects which she dropped out of, she was replaced in or was shelved. She had previously been cast and then replaced in ‘s (2017), while she opted out Vijay Chander’s (2017). Likewise, earlier, her films and ‘s were indefinitely postponed. The following month, Telugu actor , was signed on to make his debut in Tamil films. Sam C.S. was roped as music director, working with Vijay for the first time replacing his usual music director, . The film was revealed to be completed by September 2017, with Sai Pallavi beginning her dubbing work. Vijay denied that the film was a horror film and stated that the film would explore the “story of a young mother and her four-year-old child”, with Sai Pallavi portraying the mother. Still, the film is a horror story with Baby Veronika as the aborted daughter of Naga Shouraya and Sai Pallavi, who takes revenge on the demise of her. In April 2018, the film’s title was changed from to . This movie was released on April 27, 2018. The satellite rights of the film were sold to . The music is composed by and all lyrics are by . All lyrics are written by Krishna Madineni. Ashameera Aiyappan of wasn’t impressed with the story of the film and said that, “The story is predictable. There isn’t much surprise beyond the first few minutes until the very end.” but praised the music composer and the lead actress Sai Pallavi about whom the critic said that Sai Pallavi, “makes a strong debut in Tamil with an incredibly subtle and measured performance.” The critic gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5. Priyanka Sundar of gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 and said that, “Sai Pallavi’s stunning performance cannot save this confusing film.” Kirubhakar Purushothaman of gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 saying that, “Director Vijay’s recently released film comes across as a half-baked, confusing at times, bothering take on the whole issue of abortion.” M Suganth of praised the acting performance of Sai Pallavi, cinematography by Nirav Shah and music by Sam CS but wasn’t impressed with the film and said that, “despite these strengths, Diya isn’t compelling enough.” The critic gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5. Regarding , stated that “One would expect ‘Kanam’ to be nothing less than a thriller that will keep you guessing and at the edge of your seat. However, it fails to live up to that expectation”.</p>