Rakthasaakshikal Sindabad (English: Long live the martyrs) is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language historical political action 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 was released on 30 October 1998 coinciding with the fifty-second anniversary of Punnapra-Valayar.
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Plot
A political story set in the pre-independent India when Communism came into the picture.
Cast
Mohanlal as Siva Subrahmanya Iyer, later Comrade Shivan
Suresh Gopi as Urmees Tharakan Mappilassery
Nassar as Divan Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
Murali as E. Sreedharan
Sukanya as Sivakami Ammal
Ranjitha
Maathu
Sreejaya Nair as Ammini
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
Sukumari as Subbulaxmi Ammal, Iyer's mother
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.