The twin sisters lie on either side of a mirror, their outstretched hands meeting at the glass.
Concept artwork / In development

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Bhoothaganam

Something has followed Deepa’s family home from an excavation. The one investigator she refuses to call is her twin sister, Diya.

Format

Series

Genre

Family drama / Horror / Occult

Planned approach

Hybrid

Status

In development / Pitching

The story

The night Uthra
disappeared.

Three little sisters hold a séance to speak to their dead dog. Something answers from an old mirror and takes the youngest, Uthra. Nineteen years later, Diya investigates hauntings for a network of temple practitioners. Her twin Deepa has married an archaeologist and never told him what happened that night. When their daughter starts to see things in the house, Deepa goes to the temple. The case finds its way to Diya.

Diya’s case notes

What answers in the dark?

It begins with a reflection that moves by itself. Across the mural, the cases lead Diya closer to her own family.

Six painted panels show a figure in a mirror, a veiled visitor, a creature caught in a flash, a bound doll, the witch and the family.

The mirror

Three sisters held a séance to speak to their dead dog. A hand reached through the glass and took Uthra. Diya still looks for her little sister in every house she investigates.

The visitor

Balu’s wheelchair moves with no one pushing it. Something stands behind him in the doorway. Someone in this house knows why.

The flash

Murugan carries a film camera into the dark. For the instant its flash fires, the team can see what has been sharing the room with them.

The buried doll

Rice darkens beside a dying plant. When Diya’s assistants dig beneath it, they find a bound doll. The curse on Balu was put there by someone.

The witch

At Adhichanallur, an excavation team opens a sealed metal urn. Deepa’s husband comes home from the dig. Something comes home with him. Its name is Iruḷaātchi.

The family

Nakshathra hides behind her bedroom mirror. She looks so much like Uthra that the twins can scarcely bear it. Whatever is in the house has noticed her too.

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Characters

The sisters and the investigator.

Character poster for Diya.

The investigator

Diya

She led the séance that took Uthra. Nineteen years later, Diya knows how to read a haunted house down to a grain of rice. She still covers her own mirrors.

Character poster for Deepa.

Her twin

Deepa

Deepa has never told her husband about Uthra. When their daughter starts seeing things, she goes to the temple for help and asks them to keep Diya out of it.

Character poster for Ravi.

The field investigator

Ravi

Dikshithar’s son is Diya’s oldest friend. He takes the call about Deepa’s house and walks in before Diya even knows whose door he has opened.

The family

Character concept portrait of Uthra.

Uthra

The youngest sister was eight when she disappeared through the glass.

Character concept portrait of Adhi.

Adhi

Deepa’s husband is an archaeologist working at the Adhichanallur dig.

Character concept portrait of Nakshathra.

Nakshathra

Deepa and Adhi’s daughter is the age Uthra was when she went missing.

Supporting cast
Character concept portrait of Dikshithar.

Dikshithar

The priest who hears Deepa out by the temple pond also leads the investigators.

Character concept portrait of Meenakshi Paati.

Meenakshi Paati

One of the last practitioners who can teach Diya the vakya, a ritual of invited possession.

Character concept portrait of Ram.

Ram

Diya’s senior field assistant knows how to work a case, even when his nerve goes.

Character concept portrait of Murugan.

Murugan

A former wedding photographer, he brings a 35 mm camera and more questions than anyone else.

A story in
development.

This project is currently in pitching and discussion stages. The production approach is planned; it does not indicate a commissioned or completed show.

The artwork explores tone, characters and world. It does not represent attached cast. Further story and pitch materials are available for a private conversation.

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Diya and Deepa face one another across a narrow mirror. Their younger selves stand before it.

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