Subham(2025)

Storyline

In a small coastal town before the internet, a group of husbands face a strange problem. Their wives all become possessed after watching a particular soap opera on cable TV. The men must work together to figure out how to break the curse.

“When their wives get possessed by a soap opera, the husbands are on the clock.”

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Trivia

• The film's setting in Bheemili was chosen for its authentic 2000s-era cable TV culture, which is central to the plot.
• Director Praveen Kandregula drew inspiration from real-life regional folklore about media-induced mass hysteria.
• The horror-comedy tone was a deliberate shift from the director's previous work in more serious social dramas.
• The 'possessed' makeup and effects for the wives were designed to be subtly unsettling, not overly grotesque.
• A key challenge was sourcing period-accurate props, like specific TV models and furniture, from the early 2000s.
• The film uses a distinct color palette to visually separate the 'normal' world from the scenes of possession.
• The coastal town's local dialect and slang were incorporated to add authenticity to the characters' dialogues.