Su From So is a 2025 Indian Kannada language comedy drama film written and directed by J. P. Thuminad in his directorial debut and is produced by Shashidhar Shetty Baroda, Ravi Rai Kalasa, and Raj B. Shetty under Lighter Buddha Films. It stars Shaneel Gautham, J. P. Thuminad, Sandhya Arakere, Prakash Thuminad, Deepak Rai Panaje, Mime Ramdas and Raj B. Shetty.
Set in the coastal village of Marlur linked to Someshwara, the story follows Ashoka, a carefree young man whose innocent crush spirals into rumours of possession by a ghost named Sulochana, upending village life through a cascade of comedic supernatural events.
The film was released theatrically on 25 July 2025. Upon release, it received overwhelmingly positive reviews and became a commercial success. It also became 6th highest-grossing Kannada film and the highest-grossing Kannada film of the year at the time of its release. It was credited with bringing back large footfalls in Kannada cinema after Raajakumara (2017), KGF Series (2018-2022), Kantara (2022) and 777 Charlie (2022).
Plot
Ashoka, a young painter in the village Marlur, develops a crush on a woman. One night, while returning from a party, a drunk Ashoka peeps through the window of her bathroom. To escape, he acts like he is possessed by a ghost. From the next day, he finds himself at the center of all unwanted attention. In an attempt to get rid of the “ghost”, a timid priest is called, and Ashoka plays along, saying he is possessed by ‘Kalpana’, the ghost from the popular horror movie Kalpana. In the chaos, people mishear it as Sulochana.
A famous priest, Karunakar Guruji, is called to get rid of the “spirit”, and he then concludes that Ashoka is indeed possessed by a spirit named ‘Sulochana’, hailing from the place ‘Someshwara’. Bizarre rituals are performed to remove the spirit from Ashoka’s body in vain, as he inadvertently causes people to think that he is still possessed. As a last resort, the villagers go to Someshwara to find the family of the deceased Sulochana, where they find a woman, Bhanu, whose mother, Sulochana, passed away not long ago. She is coincidentally the first prospective bride whom Ravi “Anna”, a popular man in the village, had visited and rejected years ago, and, as fate has it, both are still unmarried in the present.
Bhanu then regularly visits Ashoka’s village to talk to her mother via Ashoka, to persuade her to leave his body, and he gradually learns of Bhanu’s struggles, her uncle’s torture and his sexual advances towards her. To put an end to all of this, Ashoka dresses up to resemble Sulochana, goes to Someshwara, and beats up Bhanu’s uncle. A fight then ensues between the villages, and Ravi Anna and the other villagers decide to end it by bringing Bhanu to Marlur permanently. Ashoka, still pretending to be possessed, says that Bhanu must get married to one of the men of Marlur, and Ravi Anna, who developed feelings towards Bhanu during this time, agrees.
Ashoka then returns to normal, bringing an end to the pretentious act, while Bhanu and Ravi get married