House Mates is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language fantasy horror film directed by T. Raja Vel starring Darshan, Aarsha Chandini Baiju, Kaali Venkat and Vinodhini in the lead roles. The film is jointly produced by S. Vijayaprakash and S. P. Shakthivel under their Playsmith Studios and South Studios banners respectively and presented by Sivakarthikeyan under his SK Productions banner.[1]
House Mates released in theatres on 1 August 2025.
Plot
In 2022, newlyweds Karthik and Anu move into their own second-hand flat after the former strives hard to buy it. Eerie happenings take place, with Anu attempting to convey it to Karthik. When the couple finally witnesses paranormal activities, it is revealed to them that they are invisibly sharing their house with a couple Ramesh and Viji who lived at the very same place way back in 2012, with their son. But why and how are they connected?
The technical team consists of MS Sathish as the cinematographer, Nishar Sharef as the editor, and Dinesh as the stunt choreographer.[6] The film is produced by S. Vijayaprakash under Playsmith Studios banner[7] and director S. P. Shakthivel has contributed as the creative producer under his South Studios banner.[8] The film is presented by Sivakarthikeyan's SK Productions banner,[9] marking his second collaboration with Darshan as a producer after Kanaa (2018).[10]
Production began on 4 May 2024 after an inaugural muhurat pooja.[11]
The film has music composed by Neram (2013) and Premam (2015) fame Rajesh Murugesan.[12] The first single "Akkalu Bakkalu" was released on 22 July 2025.[citation needed][13] The second single "Minnali" was released on 26 July 2025.[14]
House Mates released in theatres on 1 August 2025.[15]
Home media
The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film were bought by ZEE5 and the satellite rights of the film were bought by Zee Tamil and Zee Thirai.[16]
Reception
Akshay Kumar of Cinema Express gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Housemates, in a nutshell, is a brave and largely successful attempt by debut director Rajavel to tweak the horror genre to accommodate sci-fi elements while also giving it an emotional treatment, thereby not alienating the Tamil audience."[17] Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Director Rajavel treats his sci-fi premise like homework, dutifully ticking boxes without wondering if any of this makes sense. [...] Housemates feels like someone had one good idea at a party and nobody had the heart to tell them it wasn't enough for a whole movie."[18] Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu wrote "Nevertheless, House Mates is a modest win for Rajavel and producer Sivakarthikeyan, as it reasserts with conviction that sometimes the most unassuming of ideas, simple but elegantly told, can make for a good watch."[19]
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