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-{{Infobox character
-| name       = Chandramukhi
-| series     = Chandramukhi
-| image      =
-| caption    = Actress [[Jyothika]] portraying the character Chandramukhi in the film ''[[Chandramukhi]]'' (2005)
-| creator    = [[P. Vasu]]
-| portrayer  = [[Jyothika]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The Jyothika Effect : 7 Movies That gave us Iconic And Memorable Roles!
-|newspaper=JFW Online|url=https://jfwonline.com/article/the-jyothika-effect-7-movies-that-gave-us-iconic-and-memorable-roles/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chandramukhi 2: Kangana Ranaut to play the titular role; replaces Jyothika in the sequel|url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/chandramukhi-2-kangana-ranaut-to-play-the-titular-role-replaces-jyothika-in-the-sequel/86ea132717315}}</ref><br/>[[Kangana Ranaut]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Kangana Ranaut stuns as Chandramukhi in Chandramukhi 2: A commanding and gorgeous portrayal|newspaper=Pop Diaries|url=https://popdiaries.com/bollywood/kangana-ranaut-mesmerizes-as-chandramukhi-in-chandramukhi-2-a-captivating-and-enchanting-performance}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kangana Ranaut To Get Into The Skin Of Chandramukhi, Confirms Her Role In Sequel|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/kangana-ranaut-to-get-into-the-skin-of-chandramukhi-confirms-her-role-in-sequel-6502831.html}}</ref><br/>
-| nickname   = Nagavalli
-| alias      =
-| race       = [[Indian people]]
-| occupation = [[Bharatanatyam|Bharatanatyam Dancer]]
-| significant_other = Gunasekaran
-| gender     = [[Female]]
-| religion   = [[Hindu]]
-}}
-'''Chandramukhi''' is the [[title character|titular]] fictional character in the ''Chandramukhi'' film series.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kangana Ranaut's captivating first look as the titular role in 'Chandramukhi 2' is out!|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/kangana-ranaut-first-look-poster-chandramukhi-2-raghava-lawrence-p-vasu-mm-keeravani-lyca-latest-update--news-341051}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=CHANDRAMUKHI: A LOOK INTO TAMIL CINEMA|newspaper=The Times of India |url=http://reedthegrail.org/film-reviews/2020/10/29/chandramukhi-a-look-into-tamil-cinema}}</ref> Chandramukhi was potrayed as a passionate dancer, charming beauty from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. King Vettaiyan, who was madly in love with her takes her to [[Tamilnadu]] to marry her. But she was already in love with Gunasekaran, her co-dancer.
-She meets him secretly and they both plan to elope from the palace. After a dance performance the King kills them both, knowing their plan. As a result, the restless spirit of Chandramukhi was said to haunt the mansion of Vettaiyapuram, where Vettaiyan used to live.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kangana Ranaut gives a sneak peek of her 'Chandramukhi 2' character, first look to be out on this date|newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/kangana-ranaut-gives-a-sneak-peek-of-her-chandramukhi-2-character-first-look-to-be-out-on-this-date/articleshow/102443221.cms?from=mdr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chandramukhi Real Story: Chandramukhi’s ghost still haunts|newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://articleartinfo.com/chandramukhi-real-story-chandramukhis-ghost-still-haunts/}}</ref>
-==Legend==
-A hundred and fifty years before the present day, king Vettaiyan, who lived in Vettaiyapuram mansion visits [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayangara]]. There he meets Chandramukhi, a royal court dancer, known for her charming beauty as well as for her singing and dancing skills. He takes her to [[Tamilnadu]] without her consent and wants her to be his wife. But she was already in love with Gunasekaran, her co dancer. The King locks her in a room till she shows interest for the marriage and ill treats her. Knowing this, Gunasekaran secretly arrives the palace and resides in a nearby house, and meets her during the nights. They both plan to elope on the day of [[Durga Ashtami|Durgastami]]. On the day, they both were ordered to dance before the King as a part of the festival. As they do so Gunasekaran was beheaded by the King, and even Chandramukhi was burnt alive by the King, knowing their plan. It is said that Chandramukhi's malicious spirit had attempted to take her revenge, and thus was contained in a room on the third floor with help from priests and sorcerers.
-==Films==
-===Chandramukhi (2005)===
-{{Main|Chandramukhi}}
-A couple Senthilnathan and Ganga move into a mansion as a good option to house their extended family, despite the multiple paranormal occurrences and fear of the villagers towards the house. So Senthil invites his friend, the psychiatrist Saravanan to inspect the household and check if it's safe. Saravanan and Senthil's friend Murugeshan inspect the household and learn about Chandramukhi's history. Ganga becomes mysteriously drawn to the third floor of the mansion, which is off limits and is known to contain Chandramukhi. She and the gardener's granddaughter Durga obtain a key for the room and open it, which leads to the gardener dying of poison ingestion and Senthil nearly getting hit by a truck. The room turns out to be normal but filled with gold and artifacts in addition to Chandramukhi's painting.
-Several strange paranormal occurrences occur over the weeks including attempts on Senthil's life which are somehow traced to Durga, such as a fallen fish tank and poisoned coffee. Senthil's relative Priya also gets chased by Chandramukhi before fainting. The family members panic but Saravanan stays up at night to hear music and dancing from Chandramukhi's room. He manages to put the pieces together and looks into Ganga's past, finding out that her fascination with historical epics and acting has led to her developing split personalities and turning into the characters she reenacts, posing a threat to herself. Chandramukhi becomes drawn to this and slowly takes over Ganga's body, as well as her rage of unfulfilled love on Senthil. Saravanan interrupts some possession episodes through loud shouting, and also manages to converse with Chandramukhi while posing as Vettaiyan.
-The family hires a priest and exorcist Ramachandra Acharya, who sees that Saravanan has a pure aura that has kept Chandramukhi at bay from him. Saravanan suggests putting on a show for a possessed Ganga to make her think Vettaiyan dies at her hands. They perform a ritual the next day and restrain Ganga, giving her a torch and allowing her to burn Saravanan, but switching him with a dummy at the last second to make it look like Vettaiyan has died. Chandramukhi leaves Ganga peacefully and the household becomes peaceful.
-==Personality==
-Chandramukhi was one of the esteemed courtesans of the kingdom of Vijayanagaram. Famous for her beauty as well as her singing and dancing skills, she becomes a royal court dancer. She was in love with Gunasekaran, a fellow court dancer who loved her equally and the pair performed together in court at times. Chandramukhi leads a normal life before Vettaiyan kills her and Gunasekaran. In her spirit form she becomes a force of blind rage and grief with hostile intentions. However she appears to be patient in her goal and possesses Ganga like a parasite, slowly transferring her personality into the host. Throughout it, her host will merge behaviors with her and replicate how the spirit acted in her lifetime, for example, a trait of Chandramukhi was excessive vanity and obsession with how beautiful she looked. In her fully possessed form, Chandramukhi is a compulsive dancer who enjoys listening to the sound of her voice. She also has a demonic and murderous personality when confronted with whom she believes to be Vettaiyan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 July 2006 |title=Ash says 'No' to Chandramukhi again! |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/july-06-01/04-07-06-aish.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026070733/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/july-06-01/04-07-06-aish.html |archive-date=26 October 2014 |access-date=26 October 2014 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref>
-==Creation and casting==
-{{Multiple image
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-| image1            = Jyothika Filmfare 2014.jpg
-| alt1              =
-| caption1          = [[Jyothika]]
-| image2            = Kangna-Ranaut.jpg
-| alt2              =
-| caption2          = [[Kangana Ranaut]]
-}}
-For the role Chandramukhi, [[Soundarya]] was initially selected to reprise her role from ''Apthamitra'', but her death led the director to choose [[Simran (actress)|Simran]] and he shaped the character to suit her.<ref>{{cite news|title=Simran gets back her iconic role that she missed fifteen years back?|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/simran-acting-as-chandramukhi-2-after-fifteen-years-tamil-news-261156}}</ref> In November 2004, Simran refused to do the project, as her role required a lot of dancing and cited her pregnancy at that time as another main reason for her refusal.<ref name="Cast">{{Cite web |date=17 November 2004 |title=Simran sacked from 'Chandramukhi'? |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/simran-sacked-from-chandramukhi-news-tamil-kkfvErbadjg.html?scategory=tamil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925140322/http://www.sify.com/movies/simran-sacked-from-chandramukhi-news-tamil-kkfvErbadjg.html?scategory=tamil |archive-date=25 September 2014 |access-date=14 October 2011 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan|Aishwarya Rai]] was offered the role but she declined the offer due to schedule conflicts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 July 2006 |title=Ash says 'No' to Chandramukhi again! |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/july-06-01/04-07-06-aish.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026070733/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/july-06-01/04-07-06-aish.html |archive-date=26 October 2014 |access-date=26 October 2014 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref> [[Sadha]], [[Asin]], and [[Reema Sen]] were also considered as replacements.<ref name="Cast" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Reddy |first=Y. Maheswara |date=28 July 2010 |title=Sadha and her missed chances |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/interviews/article187684.ece |access-date=20 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220172641/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/interviews/article187684.ece |archive-date=20 December 2014}}</ref> The role finally went to [[Jyothika]], who allotted 50 days of her schedule.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 November 2004 |title=Jo is the new 'Chandramukhi' |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/jo-is-the-new-chandramukhi-news-tamil-kkfvEijbgfg.html?scategory=tamil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925135947/http://www.sify.com/movies/jo-is-the-new-chandramukhi-news-tamil-kkfvEijbgfg.html?scategory=tamil |archive-date=25 September 2014 |access-date=14 October 2011 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> Vasu wanted her to perform her scenes in a manner different from that of [[Shobana]] in ''Manichitrathazhu'', enacting the scenes himself before they were shot featuring Jyothika.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S. R. |date=27 May 2005 |title=I was lucky to get it |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/fr/2005/05/27/stories/2005052702320100.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=29 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929083058/http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/fr/2005/05/27/stories/2005052702320100.htm |archive-date=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kangana Ranaut says 'it's impossible to match' iconic Jyothika's brilliance in Chandramukhi 2|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/kangana-ranaut-says-its-impossible-to-match-iconic-jyothikas-brilliance-in-chandramukhi-2-bollywood-news-article-97840223}}</ref>
-In 2023, [[P. Vasu]] approached actress [[Kangana Ranaut]] to portray the character Chandramukhi in his sequel ''[[Chandramukhi 2]]''. She immediately accepted the role and was officially announced to play Chandramukhi in November 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2022 |title=Chandramukhi 2: Kangana Ranaut to play a dancer, star opposite Raghava Lawrence |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kangana-ranaut-replaces-jyothika-saravanans-chandramukhi-2-p-vasu-raghava-lawrence-8295610/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712124401/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kangana-ranaut-replaces-jyothika-saravanans-chandramukhi-2-p-vasu-raghava-lawrence-8295610/ |archive-date=12 July 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=THIS actress plays the Chandramukhi character in the sequel|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/this-actress-plays-the-chandramukhi-character-in-the-sequel/articleshow/98566862.cms?from=mdr}}</ref>
-==Other versions==
-Chandramukhi has appeared in several non-Tamil films. These include the Malayalam film ''[[Manichitrathazhu]]'' (1993) where she was played by [[Shobana]],<ref name="toi">{{Cite web |last=Rajan |first=Silpa |date=24 September 2021 |title=#FilmyFriday: Manichitrathazhu: A classic psychological thriller, weaved with elements of horror |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/filmyfriday-manichitrathazhu-a-classic-psychological-thriller-weaved-with-elements-of-horror/articleshow/86473796.cms |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404044842/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/filmyfriday-manichitrathazhu-a-classic-psychological-thriller-weaved-with-elements-of-horror/articleshow/86473796.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> the Kannada film ''[[Apthamitra]]'' (2004) where she was played by [[Soundarya]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/i-took-up-the-role-as-a-challenge-upendra/articleshow/15325873.cms|title=I took up the role as a challenge: Upendra|date=16 January 2017|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> the Kannada film ''[[Aptharakshaka]]'' (2010) where she was played by [[Vimala Raman]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/aptharakshaka-haunted/articleshow/22059773.cms|title=Aptharakshaka haunted|date=27 August 2009|work=[[Bangalore Mirror]]}}</ref> and the Telugu film ''[[Nagavalli (film)|Nagavalli]]'' (2010), where she was played by [[Anushka Shetty]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/review/12827.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106115746/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/review/12827.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2010|title=Nagavalli - 'She is back' for those who love suspense thriller|website=IndiaGlitz|access-date=10 December 2013}}</ref>
-==Awards==
-[[Jyothika]] won and was nominated for multiple awards for her portrayal of the character Chandramukhi and won many prestige awards such as [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress]] and [[Dinakaran|Dinakaran Awards]] and many more.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ia.rediff.com/movies/2005/apr/14chandra.htm |title=Chandramukhi is a certain hit! |publisher=Rediff.com |date=14 April 2005 |access-date=4 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925125056/http://ia.rediff.com/movies/2005/apr/14chandra.htm |archive-date=25 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The 'new' Chandramukhi praised Jyothika so much|url=https://www.indiaherald.com/Breaking/Read/994572909/The-new-Chandramukhi-praised-Jyotika-so-much}}</ref>
-{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
-|-
-! Year
-! Film
-! Nominee
-! Award
-! Result
-! Ref.
-|-
-|rowspan=5|2005
-|rowspan=5|''[[Chandramukhi]]''
-|rowspan=5|[[Jyothika]]
-|[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress]]
-|{{Won}}
-|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/13022006-1.shtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205070923/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/13022006-1.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2012|title=Tamilnadu State Film Awards – awards for Vikram, Jyotika|publisher=cinesouth.com|access-date=20 October 2009}}</ref>
-|-
-| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress&nbsp;– Tamil]]
-|{{Nom}}
-|
-|-
-|Film Fans Association Awards
-|rowspan=3 {{Won}}
-|<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/film-fans-association-honours-artistes-technicians/article3077342.ece |title=Film fans association honours artistes, technicians |date=18 September 2006 |newspaper=The Hindu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926074058/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/film-fans-association-honours-artistes-technicians/article3077342.ece |archive-date=26 September 2014 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>
-|-
-|[[Dinakaran|Dinakaran Award for Best Actress]]
-|-
-|[[Kalaimamani|Kalaimamani Award for Best Actress]]
-|<ref>{{cite news|title=5 unforgettable characters played by Jyothika|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/south/5-unforgettable-characters-played-jyothika-1034599}}</ref>
-|}
-==References==
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