Rakthasaakshikal Sindabad (English: Long live the martyrs) is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language historical political 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 thirtieth anniversary of Punnapra-Valayar.
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
Nedumudi Venu as Iyer's elder brother
Zainuddin as comrade
Karamana Janardanan Nair as Raman Thirumulpadu
Rajan P. Dev as Mappilassery Tharakan
Mala Aravindan
Zainuddin
Jagannatha Varma as Parthasarathy of Alummoottil
Ranjitha
Maathu
Sukumari as Subbulaxmi Ammal, Iyer's mother
Kalamandalam Sreejaya as Ammini
Sukanya as Sivakami Ammal
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.