An artist realizes that the story that he is illustrating, about a ghost who was an inmate of an asylum in a forest, could be real. Meanwhile, an aspiring actress takes up a challenge to watch a horror film all alone in the theatre at night. How are these storylines connected?
Direction
Ashwin Saravanan's debut already knows patience is terror.
Acting
Nayanthara's dual role anchors two timelines with steel.
Cinematography
The asylum breathes — corridors that feel wrong.
Director
Ashwin Saravanan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was shot in a real 150-year-old abandoned mental asylum in Ooty; crew members reported unexplained incidents during night shoots.
Released alongside 'Pisaasu' and 'Demonte Colony' in 2014-15, 'Maya' helped spark a Tamil horror renaissance that rejected masala formulas for atmospheric dread.
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