Rakthasakshikal Sindabad
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Directed byVenu Nagavalli
Written byVenu Nagavally
Screenplay byVenu Nagavally
Cheriyan Kalpakavadi
Cheriyan Kalpakavadi
Story byCheriyan Kalpakavadi
| Rakthasaakshikal Sindabad | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Venu Nagavalli |
| Written by | Venu Nagavally |
| Screenplay by | Venu Nagavally Cheriyan Kalpakavadi |
| Story by | Cheriyan Kalpakavadi |
| Produced by | Deepa Ramesh Kumar |
| Starring | Mohanlal Suresh Gopi Murali Nedumudi Venu Sukanya |
| Cinematography | P. Sukumar |
| Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
| Music by | M. G. Radhakrishnan |
Production company | Surya Cine Arts |
| Distributed by | Surya Cine Arts Seven Arts |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Rakthasaakshikal Sindabad (English: Long live the martyrs) is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language historical political action thriller movie directed by Venu Nagavalli,[1] featuring Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Sukanya in the lead roles. The revolt scenes in the film were directed by Priyadarshan.
The film was released on 30 October 1998 coinciding with the fifty-second anniversary of Punnapra-Valayar.[2]
Cast
- Mohanlal as Siva Subrahmanya Iyer, later Comrade Shivan
- Suresh Gopi as Urmees Tharakan Mappilassery
- Nassar as Divan Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
- Sukanya as Sivakami Ammal
- Murali as E. Sreedharan
- Nedumudi Venu as Iyer's elder brother
- Zainuddin as comrade
- Karamana Janardanan Nair as Raman Thirumulpadu
- Rajan P. Dev as Mappilassery Tharakan
- Mala Aravindan
- Jagannatha Varma as Parthasarathy of Alummoottil
- Ranjitha
- Maathu
- Sukumari as Subbulaxmi Ammal, Iyer's mother
- Kalamandalam Sreejaya as Ammini

Production
The film is based on the Punnapra-Vayalar agitation and was criticised for not doing justice to the history.[5]