A rational urban journalist, returning to her ancestral agraharam (heritage street) in coastal Andhra for a family ritual, discovers that the ancient folk deity her grandmother worshipped is not a myth, but a vengeful, sentient force triggered by a betrayal that happened during a total lunar eclipse 40 years ago.
The film opens in a hyper-modern Hyderabad newsroom. , a sharp, cynical crime reporter who debunks godmen and superstition, receives a frantic call. Her estranged father, Surya Narayana , has died by suicide. The catch: He has left a bizarre will. His final rites cannot be performed under sunlight or on any normal day. He must be cremated exactly at midnight, during the Krishna Paksha Amavasya (new moon night), inside the locked, decaying courtyard of their 200-year-old family mansion in a ghost town near Rajahmundry. telugu horror film
The visuals are rich with Godavari delta aesthetics: oil lamps, jasmine vines, crumbling brick, and monsoon rains. The sound design is key—every whisper is a prayer reversed; every silence is a scream held back. Vasuki, now in her Hyderabad apartment, applies kajal to her eyes. In the mirror, for one frame, the kajal is not black—it is burning ember red. She blinks. It is gone. She smiles at the audience. The screen cuts to black with the sound of a single ghungroo (dancer’s anklet) falling. A rational urban journalist, returning to her ancestral
Bhavani finally speaks clearly: "She is not outside, child. She is in your reflection. You are the unbroken vessel. Your father’s death bought you 11 days. On the 11th night—the next Grahanam—she will step through your eyes into this world." Her estranged father, Surya Narayana , has died by suicide
Vasuki arrives with her photographer boyfriend, —a pragmatic outsider who sees a viral documentary opportunity. The village is almost abandoned. Most families fled decades ago, whispering about "Ammoru" (the village mother goddess) turning "angry." The only remaining resident is Bhavani (70s) —Vasuki’s dementia-ridden grandmother, who speaks in riddles and draws the same kolam (rangoli) pattern—a spiral of 108 eyes—every night.
"Chandrudu dachina satyam... nerupuna pilustondi." (The truth hidden by the moon... is calling out with fire.) SYNOPSIS (Detailed) Act I: The Homecoming