On December 22, the Tamil horror film Connect, starring Nayanthara, was released in theatres. On December 30, the film's Hindi version, her debut, was then published by its creators. The actress is happy with how well the movie is doing in both languages.
Following the 2015 release of Maya, this is Nayanthara's second film with filmmaker Ashwin Saravanan. Maya was also a horror movie.
The events of Connect take place while India is placed under a state of emergency to combat the deadly COVID-19 virus. Nayanthara portrays a mother who detects unsettling changes in her daughter during the lockdown. She goes through several things to restore normalcy.
Nayanthara stated in an interview, “I don’t know if you have seen Maya but it’s (Connect is) a little more twisted and filled with a lot of characters. But when Ashwin came to me with Connect, I felt the essence of its simplicity that is fresh and new, otherwise, everyone has a mix of genres. They mix comedy with horror, it's horror with something else. So, for a long time, I have not seen a pure horror film and Ashwin's Connect is a pure horror film where if you are a true horror fan then you would love to watch Connect in theatres and experience it.”
Nayanthara elaborated on what she thought had benefited the movie. She said, “I think the simplicity of the film and the script that he had made is what I like the most, and also I think the emotional connection that he brought into the whole scene. I think that’s what I really liked.”
