Yamakaathaghi(2025)
Tamil113 mins
A young girl's spirit lingers at a rural funeral home, unwilling to depart. Her mysterious death sparks an unsettling supernatural investigation.
Director:Peppin George Jayaseelan
Mood:
darkemotionaldisturbing
Where to watch:
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Aha Tamil, Airtel Xstream Play
- Theatrical Release
- 7 March 2025
- Director
- Peppin George Jayaseelan
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rating
- 6.0/10
Storyline
A young girl's ghost stays in a village funeral home, unable to move on. Her strange death leads to a frightening search for supernatural answers.
“A restless spirit demands the truth.”
Film Details
6.0Rating
113Minutes
TamilLanguage
U/A 13+Certificate
Release Date7 March 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
High
Language
Moderate
Sex / Nudity
Moderate
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
High
Where to Watch
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darkemotionaldisturbing
Themes
survivalidentityjusticefamily
Toneserious
Pacingslow-burn
Complexitymoderate
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withwith-partner
Violence2
Emotion4
Humor1
Rewatchability3
Cast & Crew
#1
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Geetha KailasamActor
→#2
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Roopa KoduvayurLeela
→#3
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Raju RajappanActor
→#4
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Narendra PrasathAnbu
→#5
S
Subash RamasamyActor
→#6
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HarithaActor
→#7
#8P
Pradeep DurairajPunniyam
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Sujith SarangCrew
→#9
P
Peppin George JayaseelanDirector
→#10
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Srinivasarao JalakamCrew
→Trivia
- The film's director Peppin George Jayaseelan previously worked as an assistant director on several major Tamil horror films.
- The funeral home set was built from scratch in a real, abandoned village near Madurai.
- The child actor playing the ghost had to undergo special workshops to learn classical Tamil for her dialogues.
- Sound designers used recordings of traditional Tamil funeral chants to create the film's eerie background score.
- The movie's title 'Yamakaathaghi' is an old Tamil word rarely used in modern conversation, referring to a spirit tied to a place of death.
- A real-life local folk healer was consulted to ensure the rituals shown in the film were authentic to the region.
- The cinematographer used only natural light and candles for the indoor scenes to create a more realistic and unsettling mood.