''Dakini'' is a 2018

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directed by

Rahul Riji Nair Rahul Riji Nair is an Indian film director, scriptwriter, producer and actor active in the Malayalam film industry. His debut feature film ''Ottamuri Velicham'' won 4 awards at the 2017 Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Feature Film. Rah ...

starring

Aju Varghese Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985) better known as Aju Varghese is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in '' Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his college classmate Vineeth Sreeniva ...

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Sarasa Balussery Sarasa Balussery is a stage actress in Kerala and a film actress in Malayalam cinema. Her films include ''Sudani from Nigeria'' (2018), ''Virus (2019 film), Virus'' (2019), ''Thirike (2021 film), Thirike'' (2021) and ''Dakini (2018 film), Dak ...

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, Alencier and Chemban Vinod. It was produced under the banner of Universal Cinema & Urvasi Theatres Release. The movie revolves around four elderly

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Plot

Four granies namely , Mollykutty, Saroja, Rosemary and Vilasini lives with their helper Jeemon. They learn things like

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with the help of Jeemon. Kuttan Pilla who was the lover of Mollykutty who left her in their young age comes back. Kuttan Pilla betrays a local don named Mayan in a hawala dealing and escapes with money. Maayan kidnaps Kuttan Pillai. In the later part these four grandmother's with the help their aid and his friend Vikraman Parudeesa a local gangster helps them.These elderly women call Maayan as Dakini (cartoon character from

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). Later they saves Kuttan Pillai from the hands of Maayan.

Cast

as Mollykutty *

as Saroja *

as Rosemary *

as Vilasini * Alencier as Kuttan Pillai *

as Jeemon * Chemban Vinod as Maayan *

Saiju Kurup Saiju Kurup (born 12 March 1979) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. He is credited as Anirudh in Tamil movies. He debuted in '' Mayookham'' (2005) by Hariharan. As of June 2021, he ...

as Vikraman Parudeesa *

Indrans Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...

as Raju Bhai *Renjit Shekar Nair as Indran *Arjun Ranjan as Kuttan Pillai's Associate *

Mamitha Baiju Mamitha Baiju is an Indian actress works primarily in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 2017 through ''Sarvopari Palakkaran''. She rose into fame playing the roles of Alphonsa in ''Operation Java'' (2021), Anju in '' Kho Kho'' (2021) and ...

as Arathy

Release

''Dakini'' was released on 18 October 2018.

Reception

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gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 and

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gave the film a rating of 1.5/5.

References

{{Reflist 2018 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian comedy films 2018 comedy films