''Angakkuri'' is a 1979 Indian

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film, directed by Vijayanand and produced by C. V. Hariharan. The film stars

Jayan Krishnan Madhavan Nair (25 July 1939 – 16 November 1980), better known by his stage name Jayan, born as the son of Madhavan Pillai (Kerala title), Pillai and Bharathiyamma in Kollam district, Kollam, was an Indian actor, Officer (armed forc ...

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and Seema/Shanthamma. The score was composed by

A. T. Ummer Anjukandy Thalakkal Ummer (10 March 1933 – 18 October 2001) was a Malayalam music composer from Kerala, India. He is known for composing many soft melodies for 174 Malayalam movies. Born in Anjukandy in Kannur district on 10 March 1933, as th ...

. The movie is a remake of the 1979 Kannada movie ''

Sneha Sedu ''Sneha Sedu'' () is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao starring Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Manjula and Anupama Mohan. The supporting cast features Vajramuni, Narasimharaju, Balakrishna and Chindodi Leela. The ...

''.

Plot

The protagonist Ramachandran returns from jail and kills his corrupt senior employee Balagangadharan, who had implicated him in a criminal case that destroyed his family. He abducts the victim's daughter, Sarala, and hands her over to a brothel, where she becomes a prostitute. He shifts to a new location, assumes the name Ramankutty, and becomes a criminal. There he befriends taxi-driver Balakrishnan, who is the brother of Sarala and the son of the man Ramachandran murdered. Each man is searching for his enemy, little knowing that it is his best friend. Ramankutty comes to know that Krishnan's fiancée Geetha is the daughter of the younger sister of his mother. Thampi, who is a smuggler, tries to confiscate the land of the poor people, demanding two lakhs he knows they cannot pay. Ramachandhran brings the money and settles him. Thampi fails to obtain the property and discovers that the money is actually his and had been stolen by Ramankutty, plans revenge. He finds out the whereabouts of Sarala and brings her on the day of Geetha and Krishnan's marriage. At the marriage place, Sarala revels that Ramankutty is Ramachandhran and he is the reason she rents herself. Thampi arrives and captures Geetha and Sarala. Krishnan and Ramachandhran join hands and win over Thampi, rescue the girls, and hand Thamphi to the police. Ramachandran surrenders to the police by admitting his guilt of killing Balagandaran; father of Krishnan and Sarala. Ramachandran hits his head with a rock, his blood dripping on Sarala's face and promise that he will return after his sentence to marry Sarala. Sarala forgives him. The police arrests Ramachandhran in the end.

Cast

as Ramachandran/Ramankutty *

as Geetha *

as Balakrishnan * Seema as Sarala *

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as Gopalan, Ramachandhran's uncle *

Prathapachandran Prathapachandran (1941–2004) was an Indian actor, who worked predominantly in Malayalam film industry, though he acted in a few Tamil and Telugu movies as well. He is known for the portrayal of villainous and character roles in over 300 mov ...

as Balagangadharan, Krishnan's and Sarala's father *

K. P. Ummer Kachinamthoduka Puthiyapurayil Ummer known as K. P. Ummer (11 October 1930 - 29 October 2001) was an Indian actor from Thekkepuram quarter of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was active in the Malayalam cinema from the early sixties until the lat ...

as Thambi * Kunchan as Dasappan *

Kuthiravattam Pappu Padmadalakshan, better known by his stage name Kuthiravattam Pappu (24 December 1936 – 25 February 2000), was a popular Indian stage and film actor. His repertoire of acting was based on his unique style and use of the '' Kozhikodan'' dialect, ...

as Kochappan *

Mala Aravindan Mala Aravindan (15 January 1939 – 28 January 2015) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his work as a comedian and character artist in Malayalam films. He has acted in over 500 films. Early life Aravindan was born at Vadavucode in th ...

M. S. Thripunithura Madathilparambil Seshan Venkitaraman (26 May 1943 – 8 March 2006), known by his stage name M. S. Thripunithura, was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam film Industry. He was born in Thripunithura in the erstwhile Cochin State. He died ...

*Thodupuzha Radhakrishnan as Sekharan, Ramachandran's cellmate and close friend *Kozhikkode Sarada *Joseph E.A *

Ceylon Manohar Ceylon Manohar () ( – 22 January 2018), popular name of A. E. Manoharan (Anthony Pillai Emmanuel Manoharan) also known as Surangani Manohar (), was a pop singer and actor. He has played roles in Tamil films and other Sri Lankan Tamil works. ...

*Punnapra Appachan *

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as Ammini Amma

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, with lyrics were written by

Bichu Thirumala Bhaskaran Sivasankaran Nair, popularly known as Bichu Thirumala (13 February 1942 – 26 November 2021), was an Indian lyricist and poet. He is known for creating the style of arranging beautiful words in Malayalam film songs. In Malayalam cinem ...

References

External links

* 1979 films 1970s Malayalam-language films 1970s Indian films Malayalam remakes of Kannada films Films directed by I. V. Sasi Films scored by A. T. Ummer {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub