Kaashmora

Kaashmora
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Directed by	Gokul
Produced by	S R Prakashbabu S R Prabhu
Written by	Gokul John Mahendran (dialogue) R. Murugesan (additional dialogue)
Screenplay by	Gokul
Story by	Gokul
Starring	Karthi Nayantara Sri Divya Vivek
Music by	Santhosh Narayanan
Cinematography	Om Prakash
Edited by	V. J. Sabu Joseph
Production company	Dream Warrior Pictures
Distributed by	Thenandal Films (Tamil) PVP Cinema (Telugu)
Release date	28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)
Running time	164 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil, Telugu
Budget	₹70crore
Box office	₹85 crore

Kaashmora (English: Deadly Spirit) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Gokul. It features Karthi, Nayantara and Sri Divya in the lead roles.Santhosh Narayanan composed the film's score and soundtrack. The film was released worldwide on 28 October 2016 (Diwali 2016).

Kaashmora(Karthi) and his family live by cheating people in the name of black magic and dark spirits. One day, a PhD research student Yamini(Sri Divya) joins Kaashmora, only to gather evidence and expose him to the public. Kaashmora's fame brings him to a superstitious and fraudulent Minister(Sharath Lohitashwa). Kaashmora earns the Minister's trust. When income tax department raids the minister's house, he asks his henchmen to transfer all the illegal money to Kaashmora's house. Seeing this as an opportunity to escape and settle abroad, Kaashmora's family escapes with the money. Meanwhile, Chelapathy Rao, a Telugu man seeks Kaashmora's help and brings him to a haunted bungalow in Andhra Pradesh. In the bungalow, Kaashmora is haunted by real ghosts.

Back in Chennai, the Minister learns that Kaashmora is a fraud and sends his henchmen to kill his family.The henchmen try to get Kaashmora from the bungalow but are unable to do so as the ghost beats them all and drags Kaashmora and his family inside the bungalow. Inside, they meet with a broker who got trapped inside the bungalow for a long time. The broker says that the bungalow was once a princess's palace. Ever since her death, residents and owners of the bungalow had met with an ill-fated death. He also tells that there are 13 ghosts in the bungalow. The trapped people meet the ghost of Raj Nayak, the head of all the 13 ghosts. Rajnayak asks Kaashmora to help him and his 13 subordinates reach the spiritual world. He then locks them in the castle. That night, a young girl(Smrithi) in Kaashmora's dream leads him to a locked door within the castle.

Waking up, Kaashmora follows the same route, but is stopped by Yamini, who reveals to him that Chelapathy Rao, the man who led him here, died 75 years ago and it was his ghost that led Kaashmora as well as Yamini to the bungalow. Kaashmora searches the castle and gets hold of an old book that dates back 700 years. Raj Nayak(also Karthi) was a self-obsessed warlord and a womanizer. The King remained silent and didn't interfere with Rajnayak's growing atrocities because of his military prowess. One day, the princess Rathna Mahadevi(Nayanthara) elopes with her lover who is the enemy nation's prince. The King announces that he'll marry off Rathna and give away half of his kingdom to the man who finds her. Rajnayak kills the prince and forcibly brings Rathna back. He demands to be wedded to the princess, and wants the other half of the kingdom as dowry. When opposed, he kills the crown Prince and the King. He marries Rathna and coronates himself as the King. However, Rathna has other plans. She and her friends seduces Rajnayak and his subordinates. While his subordinates are burned alive, Rajnayak is beheaded by Rathna. However, he kills her before dying. Before breathing her last, Rathna places a curse on the 14 men, banishing them from reaching the spiritual world.