Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1998
Rakthasakshikal Sindabad
Buy Rakthasakshikal Sindabad now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Rakthasaakshikal Sindabad' (English: Long live the martyrs) is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language historical political thriller movie directed by Venu Nagavalli, featuring Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Sukanya in the lead roles. The revolt scenes in the film were directed by Priyadarshan.
The film released on 30 October 1998 coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of Punnapra-Valayar.
Plot
A political story set in the pre-independent India when Communism came into the picture.
Cast
* Mohanlal Siva Subrahmanya Iyer
* Suresh Gopi Urmees Tharakan Mappilassery
* Nassar Divan Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
* Murali E. Sreedharan
* Nedumudi Venu Iyer's elder brother
* Zainuddin comrade
* Karamana Janardanan Nair Raman Thirumulpadu
* Rajan P. Dev Mappilassery Tharakan
* Mala Aravindan
* Zainuddin
* Jagannatha Varma
* Sukanya Sivakami Ammal
* Ranjitha
* Maathu
* Sukumari Subbulaxmi Ammal, Iyer's mother
* Kalamandalam Sreejaya Ammini
Production
The film is based on the Punnapra-Vayalar agitation and was criticised for not doing justice to the history.
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack contains 9 songs, all composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan. Lyrics were by P. Bhaskaran, O. N. V. Kurup, Gireesh Puthenchery and Ezhacheri Ramachandran.
References
Buy Rakthasakshikal Sindabad now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1998