Chaarulatha (also spelled as Charulatha) is a 2012 Indian horror film simultaneously made in Kannada and Tamil languages. The film was directed by Pon Kumaran, a former associate to K. Bhagyaraj and K. S. Ravikumar, and features Priyamani in the lead role. The film was an adaptation of the Thai horror film Alone. Sundar C Babu composed the film's music.] The film’s story is about conjoined twins. Produced by Global One Studios and distributed by Hansraj Saxena's Sax Pictures, Charulatha released on 21 September 2012 with dubbed Malayalam and Telugu versions with the same title.
Hari and Ram, conjoined twins separated at birth, grow up separately when their parents part ways. Hari becomes a sincere cop while the mentally unstable Ram becomes a violent man who would barely hesitate to kill anyone considering themselves smarter than him.
People in a village believe that a monster resides and creates havoc in the corn fields. Two students who study at a college near the village decide to investigate the matter. They are successful in capturing the monster.
While partying with his friends on a night, a young man bumps into a beautiful young woman. What first looks like a one night stand soon turns into a night that he cannot forget.
An astute policeman, Ashok Nariman, is determined to get to the bottom of a murder case, for which a guiltless man has been declared guilty and is facing the likelihood of capital punishment.
Reshma is a patient of psychiatrist Dr Sunny. She gets romantically obsessed with him even though this is not reciprocated by the doctor. The arrival of the doctor's fiancee Annie causes a lot of conflict in the mind of Reshma.
Sudeep accidentally knocks down Radha on the railway tracks and she loses a leg. Guilt-ridden, he offers to marry her without letting her know that he was behind the accident.
Keshu or Keshav Menon (Jayasurya) is a school dropout and a good-for-nothing sort. He is an introvert by nature, works in a photostat shop for living and stays with his mother in modest surroundings. One fine day, he makes a counterfeit note and it leads him to a shady antique shop owner, Danny Sayippu (Mukesh). At the insistence of Danny, he starts making more fake currency and soon, his life goes from bad to worse.
Two police officers, Shekhar and Anand, work for the narcotics department. While the two have a different approach towards their job, they both get caught in a web of deception.
A bus murder investigation unfolds, revealing possible scenarios and suspects. As everyone undergoes questioning, hidden layers of the case begin to surface.
An IPS officer investigates the murder of a leading criminal lawyer in the city. Things become further suspicious when a middle-aged person named Mathews becomes the witness.
A psychopath, who claims to be a saviour for men, murders women who are involved in more than one relationship. Who is he, and what made him such a monster?
ASP Walter IPS, who plays the titular role as a cop, gets the mandatory, yet routine hero introduction scene when a protest turns violent in Kumbakonam. Later, he takes up the case of a couple who seeks his help to find their newborn baby. Walter suspects foul play when he comes across similar cases, and sets out to investigate the crimes, accompanied by his subordinate Paneerselvam. Meanwhile, the ego clash between Eshwaramoorthi, a leading politician in the town, and Bala, who is considered to be his successor, intensifies. Their ego clash brings Balu's friend Arjun, who is linked to the kids who have gone missing, into the picture. How Walter faces several odds in his attempt to nab a criminal syndicate forms the rest of the story.
Arya, aka Money, is a lawyer who will do anything for money. When he gets an offer that he cannot refuse, he has to make a lot of choices to lead the live he wants. Will Arya get to lead a happily ever after with a wealthy future?
Missing are a flight consisting of 300 VIPs, a house along with the couple that inhabit it and an orphaned girl child. Embroiled in midst of all three cases are two young boys and a man calling himself Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu. What is the mystery behind either of these cases?
Kumar, a school teacher working in the city, comes back to his native to pursue his long-cherished dream of opening a school in his hometown that would provide quality education to the lesser fortunate children. He takes his uncle's and friend's help to build the school but soon faces many obstacles. How he tackles the problems, forms the crux.
Ten contestants of a reality show, who come from different backgrounds, are taken to a secluded island. When some of them get killed one after another, it is up to the rest to investigate the matter.