Vivy
Kathiresan’s
horror
thriller
film
Mane
Number
13
premiered
today
(November
26)
on
Amazon
Prime
Video
in
Kannada
and
Tamil.
The
movie
stars
Ramana,
Sanjeev,
Praveen
Prem,
Varsha
Bollamma,
Aishwarya
Gowda
and
Chetan
Gandharva
in
the
lead
roles,
and
has
been
produced
by
Krishna
Chaitanya’s
Sri
Swarnalatha
Productions.
The
horrifying
drama
narrates
the
story
of
five
best
friends
stuck
in
a
house
named
Mane
Number
13
and
their
struggle
to
get
out
of
it,
amidst
facing
paranormal
activities
and
supernatural
powers.
Filmibeat
spoke
exclusively
with
the
cast
members
Ramana,
Varsha
Bollamma
and
Aishwarya
Gowda.
The
trio
opened
up
about
the
film,
its
story,
and
their
shooting
experience
among
other
things.
Here
are
the
excerpts!
Can
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
about
your
characters
in
the
film
and
what
exactly
is
the
story
of
the
film?
Varsha:
We
are
five
friends
who
work
for
an
IT
firm
and
things
go
haywire.
The
story
takes
place
in
one
night
in
a
house.
I
will
not
say
that
this
is
a
crazy
horror
movie
which
we
haven’t
seen
before,
but
the
treatment
and
the
screenplay
and
the
way
its
shot
is
different.
Each
character
has
a
different
role
to
play.
Each
and
every
person
has
been
given
different
characteristics
that
you
will
know
in
the
movie.
How
was
the
shooting
experience
and
did
anyone
of
you
know
each
other
prior
to
the
filming
or
did
you
happen
to
meet
on
sets?
Ramana:
We
didn’t
know
each
other
much
but
I
knew
Sanjeev
who
is
another
character
in
the
movie,
I
knew
him
as
he
is
from
Chennai
and
we
used
to
meet
a
couple
of
times
in
the
gym.
Otherwise,
Varsha,
Aishwarya
and
Praveen,
I
met
them
for
photoshoots
just
before
filming.
All
of
us
are
from
four
different
states
from
South
India.
But
the
one
brilliant
thing
is
like
each
one
actually
excelled
in
their
roles
and
everybody
did
justice
to
their
characters.
Like
myself,
I
totally
got
into
the
role
and
Varsha
was
like
amazing,
she
was
known
even
before
for
her
performances.
And
again,
everybody
owned
their
characters
as
we
were
all
facing
the
same
problems
in
the
house.
So,
we
don’t
really
know
whether
it’s
a
psychopath
killer
or
its
some
ghost.
We
don’t
know
what’s
happening
or
maybe
the
culprit
is
among
the
five
of
us.
So,
that’s
the
kind
of
situation
we
are
in
that
house
number
13.
Did
anyone
of
you
have
any
language
barriers
on
set
or
you
all
know
Kannada?
Aishwarya:
I
am
bad
in
Tamil
so
I
don’t
know
the
language
much
and
Praveen,
Ramana
and
Sanjeev,
they
don’t
know
Kannada.
It
was
very
challenging
for
us
but
Varsha
knew
both
the
languages.
So
that
we
wouldn’t
face
any
problem
while
shooting,
we
were
given
the
scripts
before
the
shoot
would
occur
so
it
was
a
very
easy
task.
Like
I
by-hearted
the
language,
I
mean
the
dialogues
and
then
delivered
them.
But
my
Tamil
was
sounding
funny
and
people
used
to
laugh
and
it
was
the
same
case
with
Ramana
and
others,
when
it
came
to
Kannada.
See,
it’s
not
like
we
don’t
know
the
language,
but
we
are
not
using
the
language.
So,
to
grab
the
slang
and
to
get
the
words,
it’s
obviously
a
difficult
task.
But
yeah,
it
was
fun.
Ramana:
No
actually
Aishwarya
had
a
lot
of
fun
because
she
was
the
only
one
who
didn’t
know
Tamil
but
all
three
of
us
didn’t
know
Kannada.
Hence
every
time
we
spoke
something
we
would
laugh
while
the
take
is
going
on
also.
All
of
us
are
like
talking
some
slang,
but
she
would
have
had
more
fun.
How
has
the
response
been
so
far
for
the
film’s
teaser
and
trailer?
Aishwarya:
I
saw
the
trailer
and
it
was
very
impressive.
I
uploaded
it
on
my
social
media
and
started
receiving
many
comments
saying
that
its
very
interesting
and
can’t
wait
for
it,
when
is
it
releasing
and
so
on.
It
was
the
same
with
family
and
friends.
Varsha:
It’s
all
been
really
nice
as
of
now.
I
think
I
recently
realized
when
Aishwarya
told
me
that
there
was
this
horror
movie
trend
but
there
hasn’t
been
a
proper
horror
movie
that’s
released
in
a
while.
So,
I
think
a
lot
of
people
are
really
excited
for
it.
And
by
looking
at
the
comments
section,
you
get
to
know
that
they
are
actually
waiting
for
it.
It’s
a
family
outing
without
actually
going
out.
Ramana:
Yeah
like
Varsha
said,
you
know
by
the
trailer
and
the
reviews
that
I
got,
it
looks
very
promising
horror-thriller
kind
of
a
movie.
Especially
with
the
kind
of
cinematography,
and
the
DOP
of
the
film
has
done
a
great
job.
Just
like
the
trailer,
the
movie
from
the
first
scene
to
the
last
scene,
is
going
to
be
an
edge
of
the
seat
affair.
What
message
would
you
like
to
give
the
audience?
What
can
they
expect
from
the
movie?
Ramana:
I
think
kids
would
love
this
movie.
I
think
they
love
to
watch
these
kinds
of
scary
movies
and
thrillers
with
parents
whilst
sitting
at
home
especially
after
dinner.
I
have
seen
people
watching
horror
stuff
from
all
languages
more
so
during
the
lockdown.
This
you
know
is
the
USP
where
kids
and
families
would
like
to
watch
it.
And
that’s
precisely
Amazon
Prime
Video’s
target.
I
think
it
should
really
work
at
this
time.