''Agninakshathram'' is a 2004 Indian

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-language

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directed by Karim and produced by Shantha V. Nathan. The film stars Suresh Gopi,

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, Siddique And Jagathy Sreekumar in lead roles. The film had background score by

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and songs by Raveendran.

Plot

The story revolves around a Brahmin mansion, Thirumangalam Kovilakam, in which its members are tortured over decades by black magicians for acquiring a sacred idol to gain supernatural powers. The elder one, Valyachan saves the family with his prayers and prudence every time. Following the marriage of an atheist member, Aniyan Thampuran, a girl was born to him who has supernatural abilities. Believed to be an incarnation of Goddess, people from far abroad started visiting the girl for help. Chudala the disciple of black magicians, decides to enter the mansion in disguise to understand the girl's abilities and bring the mansion to ground. His plans are foiled by the elder one. As an answer to his prayers, a saviour reaches the mansion as Thalakkulathoor Nambi an incarnation of Lord Aditya (the sun God), in disguise as a Kalari master. The crux of story involves the fight between good and evil.

Cast

* Suresh Gopi as Thalakkulathu Thambi *

as Aniyan Thampuran * Sidduique as Chudalan /Maanaappan *

Indraja Rajathi, better known by her stage name Indraja, is an Indian actress known for her work in Telugu and Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil and Kannada films, in addition to television shows. Early life Indraja was born as Ra ...

as Ammu * Jagathy Sreekumar as Jayanthan * Sai Kumar as Swami * Bindu Panicker as Sathi *

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as Aswathi Warrier *

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as Rudra *

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as Muslim Saint *

Kalabhavan Santhosh Kalabhavan ( lit. "The House of Arts"), also known as Cochin Kalabhavan, is a centre for learning performing arts in Kochi, India. ''Kalabhavan'' is notable and known for being the first organized performing mimicry group in Kerala and which ...

as Kutty Narayanan * Ravi Menon as Doctor * Kannur Sreelatha as Villager * Madambu Kunjukuttan as Valyachan

Release

The film had a delayed release along with ''

Thekkekkara Superfast ''Thekkekkara Superfast'' is a Malayalam language film. It was finished in 1998, but got released only in April 2004 along with '' Agninakshathram'' around Vishu. Cast * Mukesh as Ulahannan * Dileep as Benny Pookkattuparambil * Gayatri Shastri ...

'' on Vishu.

References

External links

* * 2004 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Films set in country houses {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub