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that her son had witnessed the murder and got the watchman to throw the little boy from the balcony, and creating a fake story that the woman killed her son and then committed suicide. By killing the watchman via Malini, Manju takes revenge for her son's death and wants to kill Ajay. At the last minute, the mother comes and tells her dead daughter's spirit that she cannot take revenge from Ajay by making Malini a murderer, so Manju leaves Malini's body, and Ajay is thrown in front of everyone.
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were also selected to essay supporting roles. Subtle changes were made to the script of the Tamil version to make it adaptable for Tamil audiences. During production, the team revealed that they hoped to introduce a new form of technology in the film which would prevent the film being seen on
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s critic also noted the director "has done a wonderful job in creating a thriller with minimum dialogues", adding "Meena carries the whole film on her shoulders and has given a splendid feat. Meena’s mind-blowing act that actually saves Shock from its rickety script."
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Thiagarajan. The makers also considered producing a Kannada and Malayalam version of the film, but eventually did not carry through with the idea.
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317:as Exorcist
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303:Thiagarajan
234:Sarath Babu
210:Thiagarajan
173:120 minutes
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78:Thiagarajan
75:Produced by
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1090:Categories
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935:BizHat.com
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341:Production
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204:-language
157:2004-07-23
872:The Hindu
809:The Hindu
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434:The Hindu
396:Pasupathy
365:Reema Sen
333:Kalairani
285:Prashanth
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113:Edited by
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220:, while
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