Indian Horror Films Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-06 · 28 entries checked · 16 flagged · 34 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 34 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

6 Athiyayam — The entry states Ajayan Bala wrote the screenplay for Chennaiyil Oru Naal (2013) and Manithan (2016), but he did not write those screenplays.

6 Athiyayam — The entry states the film was released on 23 February 2018, but the actual release date was 2 March 2018.

12 'O' Clock (film) — Manav Kaul is not in the cast; the correct cast includes Mithun Chakraborty, Flora Saini, Krishna Gautam, Makarand Deshpande, and others, but not Manav Kaul.

12 'O' Clock (film) — Actor Amit Sadh was also in consideration for a role, but there is no widely-known canon confirming this; it may be an invented claim.

Aake (film) — The production company listed as 'Nakshatra Productions, United Kingdom for KS films' is incorrect; the actual production company is 'Nakshatra Productions' and it was produced by K. S. Hariprasad.

Aake (film) — The claim that 'It was the last Kannada movie released before the implementation of GST' is factually incorrect; several Kannada films were released after June 23, 2017, before GST implementation on July 1, 2017.

Aayiram Jenmangal — The entry claims the film 'later served as a loose basis for the 2014 Tamil film *Aranmanai*' and that 'The film was loosely remade in 2014 as the Tamil film Aranmanai, leading to a lawsuit over copyright.' This is a factual error: *Aranmanai* (2014) is not a

Airaa — The entry states that the ghost character Babloo is revealed to be a vision and a ghost, but in the film, Babloo is a real human character, Mani's nephew, and is not a ghost or vision.

Airaa — The entry says Yamuna, Parvathy, Mani, and Mani's nephew Babloo begin making fake ghost videos on YouTube, but in the film, Parvathy does not participate; only Yamuna, Mani, and Babloo are involved.

Anandabhadram — The film's title 'Anandabhadram' does not mean 'eternally safe'; it is a compound of two names (Ananthan and Bhadra) and does not translate to 'eternally safe'.

Anandabhadram — Manoj K. Jayan does not play the central character; the central character is Ananthan, played by Prithviraj Sukumaran. Manoj K. Jayan plays the antagonist Digambaran.

Anveshana (2002 film) — The film 'Anveshana (2002 film)' is not a real film; no Telugu horror film titled 'Anveshana' directed by Sagar starring Ravi Teja and Radhika Varma was released in 2002. Ravi Teja's filmography does not include such a film, and Radhika Varma is not a known ac

Aparichithan — The film 'Aparichithan' was released in 2004, but the actual release year is 2005.

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