A hundred-and-fifty years ago, a king named Vettaiyan travelled to Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh, where he met and fell in love with a dancer named Chandramukhi. When the family visits their ancestral temple, the chief priest reveals the reason everyone fears the mansion. Akhilandeshwari is jealous of Saravanan and plots to kill him with the help of her assistant Oomaiyan. Saravanan learns that Senthil had bought the Vettaiyapuram mansion, despite attempts by the local village elders to dissuade them, and moves in with them. Senthil's mother Kasthuri wanted Senthil to marry Priya, the daughter of his father's cousin Kandaswamy, to reunite the two branches of the family after 30 years of separation because Senthil's father chose to marry Kasthuri instead of Kandaswamy's sister, Akhilandeshwari. Saravanan, a psychiatrist, meets up with his foster brother Senthilnathan alias Senthil, and his wife Ganga while on vacation. The Hindi version was released in collaboration with producer A. Chandramukhi was dubbed in Hindi and released on 29 February 2008 by Dilip Dhanwani, owner of the production house Royal Film Company. It was released in Germany under the title Der Geisterjäger (English: The Ghost Hunters). It became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into German. It was also dubbed and released in Bhojpuri under the title Chandramukhi Ke Hunkaar. Jyothika and Vadivelu were each awarded a Kalaimamani Award for their work on the film.Ĭhandramukhi was dubbed in Telugu and was simultaneously released with the same title as the Tamil version. The film won five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, four Film Fans' Association Awards and two Filmfare Awards. It was the longest running South Indian film, with a theatrical run of 890 days, until its record was overtaken by the Telugu film Magadheera (2009) which completed a theatrical run of 1000 days. The film received positive reviews and was a major box office success. It was released on 14 April 2005 on the eve of the Tamil New Year. Principal photography began on 24 October 2004 and was completed in March 2005.
The film was made on a budget of â¹ 190 million.
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