The name means 'night' in ancient Tamil. There is one element that is widely believed across cultures - ghosts and spirits make eerie appearances when darkness falls.
A movie is being made with the name 'Eraaa' and as the title suggests the film explores mysterious paranormal happenings. The story follows Nakul, a paranormal investigator who goes to a haunted house in Munnar. Daybreak finds him dead under mysterious circumstances. Puzzled by this incident a TV reporter named Daisy goes over to investigate and brings to light as to what really was the cause of Nakul's death.
Using this backdrop, the filmmakers turn the spotlight on the common beliefs so many of the general public have. According to the filmmakers, the movie would send chills up the spines of audiences and all this without the depiction of violent or gory sequences.
The narration has the point of view of one character that relates and identifies with audiences. The crew of the film seems to have done their home work. They have involved themselves in the study of paranormal activities and have been working with Ouija board (wee-gee board), EVP recorder, EMF meters and many more scientific instruments. Moreover they involved themselves in night shoots at locations that are broadly believed to be haunted.
Debutantes make up the entire technical team of the film. Satish G is the cinematographer while music is by K. Venkat Prabhu Sankar and editing by Hari Shankar. Story, screenplay and direction are by three people, Harishankar, Hareesh Narayan and Krishna Sekhar.
The film is being shot in Chennai right now after completing schedules in Munnar.
