Deyyam is a 1996 Telugu horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

, written, produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...

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Plot

The plot starts with a couple Murali and Sindhu, buying a new farm house in the suburbs of Hyderabad. Sindhu's sister Mahi (Maheswari

Maheswari

Maheswari is a Tamil film actress, who has appeared in Tamil films. She is probably best known for her performances in Ullasam and Karuththamma. She won the Nandi Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Nee Kosam. She is the cousin of popular actress, Sridevi. veerudu in 1997-...

) always roams with her boyfriend Narsing (J. D. Chakravarthy

J. D. Chakravarthy

J.D. Chakravarthy born Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy is an Indian film actor and director in Telugu Cinema and Bollywood. He has directed Hindi films like Darwaza Bandh Rakho, Durga and Darna Zaroori Hai . In Telugu Cinema, he got critical acclaim for his directorial abilities through the film...

). The problem comes when Sindhu's son starts making imaginary friends in their new home. It is later then revealed that his "imaginary friends" are ghosts and they have been telling their son to move out of their house. The plot revolves around that Ghost in the home, and the consequences which lead to all the protagonists becoming ghosts.