Aake is a 2017 Indian Kannada language neo noir horror film directed by K. M. Chaitanya. It features Sharmiela Mandre and Chiranjeevi Sarja in the lead. Achyuth Kumar and Prakash Belawadi play the supporting roles. Screenplay was written by Sunanda and Carl Austin. The movie is an official remake of the 2015 Tamil movie Maya.
The project marks the Bollywood production and distribution company Eros International's entry into Kannada cinema. The film is produced by Nakshatra Productions, United Kingdom for KS films.The original score and soundtrack for the film was composed by Gurukiran in London. The cinematography was done by UK based Ian Howes.
It is the second collaboration of executive producer Yogish Dwarakish -director Chaitanya- hero Chiranjeevi trio after Aatagara. The movie marked the entry of Eros International in Kannada film industry. This was also the last Kannada movie to be released before the implementation of GST.
Plot[]
The film runs on two seemingly separate plots simultaneously. In one, a single mother in Bengaluru is trying to make a living out of her floundering acting career. In the second, an artist is in London assigned to draw illustrations for a book about a ghost that haunts a locked out mental asylum.
It is only towards the end that the two plots merge and the audience gets to understand the suspense and the missing blocks.