Sabdham

<p>The film revolves around paranormal investigator Ruben from Mumbai and his investigation of the deaths in a medical college in Munnar. His belief system and scientific evidence clash and what happens further forms the reminder of the movie. On 14 December 2022, announced that he was collaborating with after (2009) for his next directional. Touted to be in the genre, Venkatachalam stated “After , I’ve done films mainly in the and genres, and now, with this film, I’m returning to horror.” He described that ” horror” is more suitable for the film than ” “, ” ” and ” horror”. Siva of 7G Films and S. Banupriya Siva of AAlpha Frames jointly funded the film. Venkatachalam and Pinisetty would be reuniting with , as he also was part of . Arun Bathmanaban of (2019) fame was roped in to handle the cinematography, while was crewed to edit the film. Venkatachalam further stated “We will be shooting it in , but will simultaneously be releasing a dubbed version in “, which was also followed for . On 27 February 2023, it was announced that was cast to play the lead actress role in the film, pairing opposite Aadhi for the first time. Venkatachalam stated “All I can reveal is that it [her role] will be a performance-orientated role, something we haven’t witnessed before.” On 4 March, was announced to have been cast as a in the film. Five days later, was announced to be part of the cast, while was also announced as other important character as Laila, seven days later. Arivazhagan Venkatachalam described them both as “Very professionals and co-operative.” And stated “As performers, they are artistes, who absorb the character’s requirements before we shoot and are fully focused during their shots.” commenced on 14 December 2022, with the first schedule in . A college set was erected in the schedule, spending around 1 crore for it. The schedule concluded by 14 February 2023. The second schedule in began in late-February, with Lakshmi Menon joining the sets by 24 February 2023. Simran and Laila began filming their respective sequences by 18 March 2023. The third schedule, which was filmed in , concluded by 16 May 2023. On 27 September 2023, principal photography for the film was . The songs and background score are composed , in his fourth collaboration with after (2009), (2014) and (2016); third with Aadhi in a lead role after and (2010). The first single “Maaya Maaya” released on 13 February 2025. The second single “Grandma Song” released on 23 February 2025. released in theatres on 28 February 2025 in its original Tamil language, and in Telugu. The film was certified U/A 13+<br /> by the . A critic of rated the film 2.75/5 stars and wrote, ” Despite having a innovative idea, the film lacks the emotional connection. However praised the cinematography, music and background score. M Suganth of gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote “Sabdham remains intriguing until the first half when along with its protagonist, we, too, remain puzzled about what’s happening.[…] the post-interval portions soon devolve into something that’s fairly generic. The writing doesn’t build up on the mysteries and turns very convenient and routine” Anusha Sundar of gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote “Sabdham is a technically strong film which sets a great premise for a horror film. If you go past some cliches, you begin to feel the film is getting somewhere. But falls into the pit of stereotypes with no extraordinary choices, and becomes a regular template-adhering story.” Gopinath Rajendran of wrote “In an attempt to be safe and sound with its concept, misses the high notes it requires to work, making us a mute spectator of director Arivazhagan’s most underwhelming feature film outing yet.” Prashanth Vallavan of rated 2/5 and wrote, “Even though the film has a number of interesting ideas, they do not rise up in coherence to create a pleasing symphony. Instead, all we get is a discordant cacophony of several story elements forcefully made to fit together.” Kirubhakar Purushothaman of rated 2.5/5 and wrote, “The technical brilliance of Sabdham is resounding. The sound design of the horror sequence reveals immense dedication. The interval sequence is perhaps the boldest and most experimental attempt in Tamil horror and that alone warrants a watch.”</p>