PS Arjun’s Amutha (2018) Tamil Movie

Amutha, an upcoming musical-psychological-thriller Tamil film, is written and directed by PS Arjun. The central character, portrayed by Sriya Sree, leads the cast. Anees Shaz, Levin Simon Joseph, Ashna Sudheer, and Assisi Gibson in pivotal roles. The film is produced by Southern Film Factory, with Rajesh Panangat serving as the cinematographer and Arun Gopan handling the music.

The plot revolves around Amutha (Sriya Sree). She is a housewife who wakes up in a hospital bed with no recollection of how she got there. Anees Shaz takes on the role of Narendran, a police officer investigating her case. Levin Simon Joseph plays Gautham Sreenivasan, Amutha’s husband.

The script was earlier planned to be made in Malayalam with the actress Lena in the lead role but the project was dropped by the production company stating that ‘the script has too much violence’. The script was revised to Tamil by the director himself. About the title, writer-director PS Arjun said: “the title-character name is inspired from the name of the lead character of Mani Ratnam’s Kannathil Muthamittal. I wanted a ‘character name’ which is not common yet quite familiar”. In addition PS Arjun stated that it is not a ‘ghost story’.