

Bharagavi's father's nephew, Nanukuttan is also in love with Bhargavi. Bhargavi falls in love with her neighbour Sasikumar who is a talented poet and singer.

The information gathered from the local people and the hints in the letters help him in his writing. The novelist decides to probe the matter. The letters give some indication about their love affair and their tragic death. It is believed that the ghost of Bhargavi now haunts this house. The novelist finds some old letters written to Bhargavi by her lover Sasikumar. The novelist and his servant encounter strange happenings here - the gramophone plays on its own, objects move around. The story is that it is haunted by the ghost of the daughter of the previous owner. They learn from the local people that it is a haunted house. The novelist and his servant Cheriya Pareekkanni experience the presence of a strange entity here. Thangal Kunju Musaliar, a business magnate and philanthropist.Īn enthusiastic and talented novelist (Madhu) comes to stay in a desolate mansion named Bhargavi Nilayam. The story, Neela Velcham', was first published in a special annual issue (Onam visheshal prathi) of Malayalam daily 'Prabhatham'(പ്രഭാതം'), published from Quilon, now Kollam, by A. It is generally regarded as the first horror film in Malayalam and was one of the biggest hit films of all time. It is especially noted for its camera works by P. It was the directorial debut of noted cinematographer A. The film mirrors in a meta-cinematic fashion the close and often symbiotic relationships between Malayalam filmmakers and writers in depicting a writer at work, collaborating with an intangible agency in the form of the eponymous Bhargavi. The novelist is writing the story of this lady, into whose house he has moved in as tenant. The film depicts a compassionate relationship between a talented novelist and the spirit of a beautiful lady who had been murdered. The film stars Madhu, Vijaya Nirmala, Prem Nazir and P. Vincent (in his directorial debut) and written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer based on his own short story Neela Velicham. The house of Bhargavi) is a 1964 Indian Malayalam-language romantic ghost film directed by A.
