Neelakanta always wanted to make films which eloquently depicted the psychological study of characters for the off-beat his passion materialised with
Show followed by
Missamma. He received two national awards, one for Best Screenplay and the other for the Best Feature Film in
Telugu for
Show while state
Nandi Award in the screenplay department for the latter. He then made
Sada Mee Sevalo, with
Shriya Saran and
Venu Thottempudi in lead roles, and later made a psychological thriller,
Nandanavanam 120km. Both these films did not do well at the box office. Despite its commercial failure,
Nanadanavanam got him huge critical acclaim. These were followed by
Mr.Medhavi. with
Genelia and
Raja in the lead roles. This film, produced by
RamaRao Bodduluri, proved to be an above-average grosser. He also wrote dialogues for a Telugu remake of the
Hindi hit
A Wednesday!, entitled
Eeenadu. In 2011, Neelakanta directed
Virodhi, featuring
Meka Srikanth and
Kamalinee Mukherjee. Neelakanta secured the
best dialogue writer award in the year 2011 for this film. In 2013 he directed
Chammak Challo, which gathered bad reviews for both the director and the film. In 2018, he directed the
Malayalam film
Zam Zam starring
Manjima Mohan. The film is an official remake of the Hindi film
Queen. ==Filmography==