Neelambari (2001 film)

Neelambari
Neelambari
	VCD cover
Directed by	Surya
Written by	M D Sridhar; Sunil Parameshwar; Surya
Produced by	M D Sridhar; Karisubbu; N R Chandrashekhar; Tiptur Raju; K Prakash
Starring	Ramya Krishna; Devaraj; Prema; Suman; Charulatha; Vinod Alva
Cinematography	Krishna Kumar
Edited by	D. Raja
Music by	Rajesh Ramanath
Release date	9 October 2001;
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Neelambari is 2001 Indian Kannada-language fantasy film directed by Surya and starring Ramya Krishna, Devaraj, Prema, Suman, Charulatha and Vinod Alva.^[1]

Plot

In the village of Neeli Batta, human sacrifices occur. A five-member TV channel crew (including Vinod) comes to report on the village. Charuhasan asks the crew to see Akhila who can tell them the story. Two members of the crew get murdered. Police officer Bharath and his wife Durga come to investigate the murders. A flashback is told about how both beautiful Malli and an ordinary looking Neela had fought over who gets Veera and eventually Malli had married Veera. A furious Neela has used her father's powers, done a yaaga (transl. sacrifice), transformed into Akhila and creates havoc in the village. How Akhila is defeated forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Ramya Krishna as Malli/Akhila Shiivram (renamed with Neelambari's soul inside her)/Goddess Durga
Devaraj as Bharath
Prema as Durga
Suman as Veera
Vinod Alva as Vinod
Charulatha as Neelambari
Ranganath as Neelambari's father
Charuhasan as old man
Tara
Michael Madhu

Release and reception

The film was later dubbed in Telugu in April 2002.^[2] A critic from Sify said that "What can you say more about this super natural movie mixed with special effects? Well if you like Ramya go for it".^[2] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "The narration drags, taking good time to present the obvious. The film belongs to Ramya who plays different characters that come into picture at different stages".^[3] Arpan Panicker of Full Hyderabad opined that "It ain't different enough." Overall the reviews were not favorable.^[4]

References

^ "Fifty Fifty - film directed by Surya". Viggy. Archived from the original on 23 August 2003. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Neelambari". Sify. 2 April 2002. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022.
^ Gudipoodi Srihari. "Mysterious fantasy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022 – via Idlebrain.com.
^ Arpan Panicker. "Neelambari Review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

External links

Neelambari at IMDb

[1] "Fifty Fifty - film directed by Surya". Viggy. Archived from the original on 23 August 2003. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[S-2] "Neelambari". Sify. 2 April 2002. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022.

[3] Gudipoodi Srihari. "Mysterious fantasy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022 – via Idlebrain.com.

[4] Arpan Panicker. "Neelambari Review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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