Murari

Murari is a 2001 Telugu supernatural thriller film written, directed & edited by Krishna Vamsi. The film was produced by Nandigam Gopi on Ram Prasad Arts banner and was presented by N Devi Prasad and Ramalingeswara Rao. It features Mahesh Babu in the titular role while Sonali Bendre, Lakshmi, Sukumari, Kaikala Satyanarayana and Gollapudi Maruthi Rao play important roles. Mani Sharma composed the music while Bhupati handled the cinematography. Peter Hein debuted as choreographer of action sequences with this film. It also marked the last on screen appearance of veteran Telugu actor Dhulipala Seetarama Sastry. The film revolves around a person named Murari whose ancestors starting from an evil zamindar in the mid-19th century die accidentally once in every 48 years because of a curse by Goddess Sri Durga on the zamindar's heirs. When Murari's marriage with his love Vasundhara is rejected by his grandmother Sabari, he comes to know about the curse a day later. The rest of the film is how Murari, the victim of Goddess Sri Durga's curse this year, overcomes the curse. The film released on 17 February 2001 and is considered as one of the classic in Telugu cinema.