''Aankiliyude Tharattu'' is a 1987 Indian

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-language film, directed by Cochin Haneefa. The film stars

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and Rahman. The film is about a love-affair between a married man and a young lady which leads to a murder. The film was dubbed into

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language as ''Andha Vaanam Saktchi''.

Plot

Hari is a rich plantation owner leading a simple lonely life as a professor and painter. He likes his student Sunitha who is chirpy and always up to pranks. When he professes his feelings, she rejects saying she was not aware of this and only her parents get to decide . Dejected he tries to forget her. Sunitha meanwhile goes back to her hometown after studies. Her first cousin Babu silently loves her but Sunitha's step mother disapproves and instead selects her step sister Sridevi as she is not that much educated as Sunitha and will be a better match for Babu who is an IAS officer . Silently Babu gives in. Sunitha is innocent of all this and obediently agrees to marry a man named Rajesh of her father's choice. Both the marriages take place and Sunitha goes for honeymoon with her husband to Kodaikanal . She eventually mets Hari there who realises that her husband is actually a criminal involved in a rape and murder case. Sunitha warns Hari as she is suspicious of his intentions in meeting her again and again when the latter was trying to inform Sunitha about her husband's background. The husband and his friends rape Sunitha and she eventually kills all of them for this. Sunitha is arrested and awarded Death Sentence by the Court. She delivers a baby boy in jail. Hari agrees to take care of the baby as Sunitha is Hanged to death for killing her rapists.

Cast

as Hari *

as Sunitha Menon * Rahman as Babu * Shari as Sridevi * Lalu Alex as Rajesh *

Jose Prakash Kunnel Joseph Joseph, better known by his stage name, Jose Prakash (14 April 1925 – 24 March 2012) was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was a singer turned actor who had appeared in more than 300 films mostly in a ...

as Ramachandra Menon * Cochin Haneefa as Sudhir *

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as Gomathi * Innocent as "Thavala" Mathai * Manorama as Shakunthala * Janardhanan as Stanley * Jose *

Santhakumari Santha Kumari (born Vellaala Subbamma; 17 May 1920 – 16 January 2006) was an Indian musical artist and actress. She was married to the Telugu film director and producer P. Pullayya. Early years Vellaala Subbamma was born in Proddatur tow ...

as Sarada * Ragini

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by

Poovachal Khader Poovachal Khader (25 December 1948 – 22 June 2021) was a Malayalam lyricist from Kerala who worked mainly in Malayalam film industry. His first movie as a lyricist was ''Kaattuvithachavan'' (1973) but his first released movie was ''Chuzhi'' (1 ...

References

External links

* * https://web.archive.org/web/20120322210252/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/6558/aankiliyude-tharattu.html 1980s Malayalam-language films 1987 crime films {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub