

An art college student tries to find the reasons behind the mysterious deaths of the people who have stayed in a hostel room, with help from a documentary filmmaker.
Cinematography
Hostel corridors that breathe and watch back.
Direction
Anand builds dread like he's got nowhere else to be.
Practical Effects
Old-school Tamil horror atmosphere, minimal jump scares.
Director
Srikantan Anand
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vanam draws heavily from Tamil Nadu's tradition of campus horror, where educational institutions become sites of supernatural justice for historical wrongs.
The zamindar role was originally written for a younger actor before Vela Ramamoorthy brought his signature gravitas to the reincarnation reveal.