Movie: Neelambari, <br />Cast: Suman, Ramyakrishna, Vinod Kumar, Devaraj, Prema, Charulatha, Archana, Ranganath, Charuhassan, <br />Director: Surya, <br />Producers: DS Prakash Rao, V Subrahmanyam, <br />Music: Rajesh Ramanath, <br />Theatrical Release Date: 15th March 2002. <br /><br />Plot: <br />Saikum This is a fantasy film with unusual and mystic twists of magic and mesmerism, of god v/s evil, played up with the help of graphics. <br />It is the story of an unattractive young woman, Neelambari, daughter of a chieftain (Ranganath) in Nallamala forests. <br />She acquires unimaginable powers that enable her to change into a beautiful woman with longevity Malli, (Ramyakrishana) to attract Veera (Suman) whom she loves. <br />The narration stars with a production team of a T.V. channel leaving for Nallamala forests to record a rare phenomenon that occurs on Chaitra Pournami day when some dazzling mass of light descends on the earth. <br />Once the T.V. crew, headed by Vinod (Vinod Kumar), is in the forest, the members start facing mysterious hurdles. <br />An elderly person (Charu Hasan) asks them to meet one Akhila (Ramyakrishna), a resident of these forests for a long time, who can explain the mystery. <br />When they meet her, Akhila refuses to be videographed. <br />When they do it stealthily, they discover the frames are empty. <br />The mysterious force - an old woman looking like a sorceress as discovered by videographer Sundar - commences her killing spree. <br />She kills two members of the team. <br />Bharat, (Devaraj), and IPS officer, arrives along with his wife Durga (Prema), to investigate the case. <br />He gets hold of Sundar's dairy, which gives him clues and a flashback narrating the events leading to Akhila's mysterious powers. <br />A triangular love story with a young man, Veera (Suman), loved by two women - unattractive Neelambari (a short role) and beautiful Malli (Ramyakrishana), is presented in the flashback. <br />Neelambari gets hold of some palm leaves, in a cave, on which powerful mantras are written, reading which she gets these powers and longe
