Panchagni
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| Directed by | Hariharan |
| Produced by | G. P. Vijayakumar M. G. Gopinath |
| Written by | M. T. Vasudevan Nair |
| Starring |
Geetha Mohanlal Nadia Moidu Thilakan |
| Music by |
Bombay Ravi (Songs) Pukazhenthi (Background score) O N V Kurup (Lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Shaji |
| Edited by | M. S. Money |
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140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Panchagni (English: Five Fires) (Malayalam:പഞ്ചാഗ്നി) is a 1986 Malayalam film scripted by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Hariharan, music by Bombay Ravi and lyrics by O N V Kurup. It stars Geetha, Mohanlal, Nadia Moidu and Thilakan.
A remarkable tale of a remarkable woman, who puts her commitment to social activism above everything else, including her own love for an adoring man. Under the direction of Hariharan, Geetha made a sensational debut in Malayalam in one of the most powerful female characters in Indian cinema ever. It is one of the classics in Malayalam cinema. The film was remade in Tamil as Nyaya Tharasu (1989).
The movie revolves round the incidents in a two-week period, when Indira (Geetha), a Naxal activist is out in parole. She is serving life sentence in the central jail, Kannore after being charged for the murder of Avarachan, a landlord, who she had witnessed kill a young tribal woman after she was raped and impregnated (by him).
Indira's mother, a past freedom fighter who is on her deathbed, is relieved to see her, and is under the impression that she is free now. Her younger sister Savithri (Nadiya Moidu), her husband Prabhakaran (Devan) and her nephew are happy to have her back home. But her younger brother, Ravi (Meghanathan), an unemployed guy, addicted to drugs is angered by her mere presence, blaming her for his inability to secure a good job. Indira's older brother who is home from Delhi to perform the death rites of her mother refuses to even talk to her, and leaves after a big brouhaha, leaving his nephew to do the rites. Most of her acquaintances are intimidated by her, except her old classmate Sharadha (Chitra). Sharadha had married her college sweetheart, Rajan (Murali) and lives close to Indira's home.
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