Aptharakshaka

Aptharakshaka (2010)

The story starts off with an ancient painting of Nagavalli (Vimala Raman), distributed as a prize to bharathanatyam dancer Saraswathi (Lakshmi Gopalaswamy), her husband and her family. At the Engagement day of Gowri (Sandhya), one of her friends had fainted by encountering a huge thirty-feet Snake/Serpent, and the bridegroom/fiancé had ran away from the family house fearing of something. All strange incidents happen as the family called for a snake charmer to the house, but the snake charmer had died when he attempted to make the serpent appear.

Date of release
2010-02-18
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (5)
Runtime
2h 32m
Genres
Horror, Drama

Casting

Interesting facts

Aptharakshaka (transl. Close Savior) is a 2010 Indian Kannada-language horror film directed by P. Vasu and written by V. R. Bhaskar. The film stars Vishnuvardhan in his 200th Kannada cinema, along with an ensemble cast including Vimala Raman, Sandhya, Bhavana Ramanna, Avinash, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, and Komal Kumar. The film is a sequel to the 2004 Kannada blockbuster film Apthamitra. The film was released nearly two months after Vishnuvardhan died on 30 December 2009.

Production

Vimala Raman was selected as the lead female role to reprise the role of 'Nagavalli'.Later Tamil actress, Sandhya was added to the cast as the second female lead. Lead actor Vishnuvardhan died following a cardiac arrest on 30 December 2009.

The film started filming in March 2009 in Palani, Tamil Nadu. The majority of shooting was done in Mysore. The fort, where the villain Vijaya Rajendra Bahadur resides, is based on the real fort located in Gingee.

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