Anand, a jobseeker, stays with his friends Ravi and Balaji, at one house. Anand very often listens to some unusual sounds like that of a doorbell repeatedly ringing along with banging of door in the house. In the kitchen, some vessel sounds, water flowing from the tap, some whispering sounds etc. creates in him an impression of some human presence.

The interesting part is these sounds turn vague. His room-mates however never hear these sounds. They find Anand blabbering without any sense. Further, Anand repeatedly witnesses a lady in Burqa appearing before him. He feels this has got something to do with . Even this lady in burqa turns an illusion many times to him. He hesitates to go to his house, despite his parents’ repeated pleas.

Anand remains unemployed and lives within the four walls along with his friends, stressing himself and constantly trying to uncover the mystery behind the sound. This also affects his love-life. His girl friend tries putting pressure on him to get into a job so that she could speak to her parents about their marriage proposal. Anand at one point gets lost in visual and auditory hallucinations.

Looking at his helpless situation, Anand’s friends as also his girl friend try to cheer him, motivate him and put efforts to bring him back to normal. But Anand remains obstinate. At one point, Anand realizes that the sounds he frequently hears is audible only to him and not to others. Why Anand is reacting to even simple normal sounds so abnormally ? Who is the lady in burqa ? What is her connection in Anand’s sister’s murder ? Will he find a solution to the mysteries behind these unusual sounds he hears ? All these comprises the rest of the story.

Mani Shankar Iyer is a screenwriter and Director from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his Bachelors degree in Commerce from New LJ College of Commerce, Ahmedabad and later did his post-graduate Diploma in Film Technology from MGR Government Film and Television Institute, Chennai. He holds a Gold medal in Direction and Screenplay writing. During his academic career, Mani made various short films like The Chess Champion (English), I am a Gay (Hindi), Maayathirai (Tamil), Azhagana En Charupriya (Tamil), Maargam (Tamil) etc. which were all critically acclaimed and selected at various film festivals. His most critically acclaimed film “Magizhvan” (Tamil) was selected at various international film festivals including Seattle South Asian Film Festival and Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, bagging several awards. He also takes lecturers in film making and screenwriting at various film institutes in India. “Sattham” is his first feature film.

CAST:
Anand Krishnakumar – KAMAAL
Balaji – SANTHOSH
Ravi – ROHITH MURALIDHARAN
Anitha – NAKSHATRA RAO
Ramya – PREETHA
Dr. V. Balakrishnan – T V V RAMANUJAM
Old Anand – RAJAN IYER
Old Balaji – SATHYENDRA
Old Ravi Address – KARTHIK
Hospital agent – KOVAI SENTHIL
Manager – THILAK
Aravindh – N R BHOVANESH
Siddharth – ANUBHAV

CREW:
Director – MANI SHANKAR IYER
Writer – MANI SHANKAR IYER
Producers – K JAYAMANGALAM
MANJULA KANDARAJAN
Cinematographer – RAGHU RAJAGOPAL
Additional
Cinematographer – AAKASH GIRISH
Editor – VIKI L
Music Director – ROBERT SARGUNAM
Sound Designer – V M KARTHIK
Sound Engineer – SONY JAMES
Production Designer K GAUTAM
DI Colorist – CHITTACANG VIJAYADAS
DI Senior Colorist – N RAMESH
Choreographer – SARANKUMAR N
Stunt Master – GOKUL
Make up Stylist – PREMA
Lyrics – FAZAL NAWAB

Dubbing Artists – KALAIRANI
RESHMA
Dubbing Engineer – SONY JAMES
Sound Effects – V M KARTHIK
Foley Recordists – MANOJ RAMANKUTTY
DINESH
Subtitles – K GAUTAM
AADHIRAI K