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.
Vasuki realizes her father’s suicide was not depression. It was the goddess’s decree. Every firstborn of the family must die on a new moon. Vasuki is next. telugu horror film
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. A rational urban journalist, returning to her ancestral
"Chandrudu dachina satyam... nerupuna pilustondi." (The truth hidden by the moon... is calling out with fire.) SYNOPSIS (Detailed) Act I: The Homecoming Every firstborn of the family must die on a new moon