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Agnidevan (transl. Lord of fire) is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Venu Nagavalli and co-written by P. Balachandran and Nagavalli. It stars Mohanlal and Revathi. The plot deals with the struggle for leadership of a family-owned newspaper firm causing the family to split apart. Agnidevan was released on October 23 during the Diwali holiday period. The film features music composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan.




Plot


The story is about the conflict between two brothers who share the legacy of "Malayalam Shabdam", a newspaper company owned by their family, the Ezhuthupura Tharavadu . Their roles as the main writers and publishers of a daily newspaper come to the forefront of their rivalry with each other. While one brother Rama Varma a.k.a. 'Appan' has a clinical business-oriented attitude to growing the newspaper industry that he heads, the younger brother Ravi Varma a.k.a. 'Aniyankuttan' feels very emotional and passionate about the craft of writing and reporting. He gives everything to enrich his relationships and cannot understand how to approach it with business goals because writing, in itself, marks tradition, legacy and so much more in their family of distinguished writers, such as their poetess grandmother, Vishwalakshmi Thampuratti, their editor father, K. K. Menon, and their writer cousin, Sudarshana. To add more fuel to the family feud, Appan is manipulated by their company's sinister manager Anantharaman who has ulterior motives to fulfill by capturing the newspaper firm.
The innocent love between Aniyankuttan and Sudhu and Appan's interference in their relation to gain the empire and lady upon the corrupt advices of Anantharaman is accurately depicted in the film. We also get to see the escalating differences between Aniyankuttan's flamboyant and modern mother, who whiles away her time playing rummy and partying with her friends in the ladies' club and supporting her elder son's dictates, and his intellectual and down to earth father- who considers that his life is incomplete without writing. The heart-touching relationship between Aniyankuttan and his grandmother has always stayed in the hearts and minds of the Malayali audience till date. How the younger brother wins his grandmother's and their newspaper's rich legacy by becoming a wealthy liquor baron to take back the company from the hands of Anantharaman is the rest of the film.
The film ends with the grandmother passing away due to her unbearable grief of seeing her family breaking away into pieces due to differences and fights. Anantharaman is beaten up and banished away by Aniyan and his friends when he tries to usurp the grandmother's house. Her death and her burning pyre make Appan and his mother realize their mistakes and unites all the estranged family members once again. Aniyankuttan, after being united with Sudarshana, takes a wow before his beloved grandmother's burning pyre that he will never let the family become disunited.




Cast


Mohanlal as Ravi "Aniyankuttan" Varma
Rohini Hattangadi as Vishwalakshmi Thampuratti ('Muttashi')- the elderly matriarch of the Ezhuthupura family; Aniyankuttan's maternal grandmother
Ratheesh as Anantharaman
Revathi as Sudarshana (Sudhu), Aniyankuttan's cousin
Devan as Rama "Appan" Varma, Aniyankuttan's elder brother
Bharat Gopy as K. K. Menon, Appan's and Aniyan's father
Jagadish as Murukan
Sukumari as Kochammini, Sudhu's mother
Karamana Janardhanan Nair as Vasudeva Warrier
Kavitha as Parvathi Varma, Muttasshi's daughter and Aniyankuttan's mother
Maniyanpilla Raju as Poojari Potti Kunju
Mala Aravindan as Vijayan, the mahout
Poojappura Ravi as Payapaddan
Mohan Jose as Jacob
Beena Antony as Daughter of Vasudeva Warrier
P. Balachandran as 'Edakka' Marar
Captain Raju as Pareed
T. P. Madhavan as Sathyan, Sudhu's uncle
Valsala Menon as Ashram Head
Kollam Ajith as Victor Raj, a goon
James Stalin as Minister




Production


The film was shot in Guruvayoor.




Soundtrack


The film includes songs written by lyricist Gireesh Puthenchery and composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan. The songs became chartbusters especially "Nilavinte Neela Bhasmam" sung by M. G. Sreekumar. The soundtrack album was released by Millennium Audios on 15 October 1995. Puthenchery won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyricist for this film.




References






External links


Agnidevan at IMDb
Agnidevan at the Malayalam Movie Database

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mahakali (seri televisi)
• Agnidevan
• Rohini Hattangadi
• P. Balachandran
• Mohan Jose
• Revathi filmography
• Mohanlal filmography
• Girish Puthenchery
• Jagadish filmography
• Kavitha (actress)
• Karamana Janardanan Nair