Maya is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir horror film written and directed by Ashwin Saravanan and produced by Potential Studios.

The next day, Vasanth shows the pictures taken by him during the dressed up Maya's entry to his boss, Ram Prasad (Amzath Khan) and Madan (Uday Mahesh), the episode writer on Mayavanam.

She falls to her death from the building, with an expensive ring rumoured to be on her body, and is buried in the grounds of the asylum (Mayavanam), where it is believed her vengeful spirit now roams.

In alternating scenes, Apsara (Nayanthara) is a single mother struggling to make ends meet by working in ad films.

She is separated from her husband Arjun who is an actor and lives with her friend Swathi (Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli) who works at a film production house, RK Studios.

He keeps visiting her house demanding cash and she keeps putting it off by saying that the cheque she has been entitled to, after acting in another ad film previously, keeps bouncing off.

Ram and Kate, the author, is shown to make a man dig into the grounds of Mayavanam, searching for the expensive ring that Maya was said that died with.

Apsara gets caught too, and when they eventually find Maya's coffin, a figure is seen to appear behind Kate and Ram, and all hell breaks loose.

The final scene shows Apsara reunited with her husband and now acting in a film about Maya directed by the same director as Irul.

[13] Sify wrote: "Maya is a stupendous film and the entire team has done a remarkable job on par with international standards", going on to call it "undoubtedly one of the best horror movies of Tamil cinema".

[14] Daily News and Analysis gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote: "Maya is more atmospheric and it’s the performances by the lead actors that really lend to the film more than the actual ghost.

[15] Filmibeat gave 4 out of 5 and wrote: "Maya cannot be categorised with some of the other Tamil horror flicks that released in the recent past.

[16] Behindwoods gave 2.75 out of 5 and wrote: "Debutant Ashwin Saravanan offers a multi-layered ghostly tale with style and clarity...Good production and sound design along with cuts handled well by TS Suresh, make Maya stands as a gutsy watch".

[17] The New Indian Express wrote: "Slickly crafted and engagingly narrated, debutant Ashwin Saravanan's Maya is built around some eerie happenings around a mental asylum...A pure horror flick, the film is devoid of any comedy elements.