Devaasuram

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Devasuram
The DVD Cover
Directed by	I.V. Sasi
Written by	Renjith
Starring	Mohanlal, Revathi, Nedumudi Venu
Release date(s)	1993
Running time	159 mins.
Language	Malayalam
Budget	followed_by Ravanaprabhu
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Devasuram is one of the most successful Malayalam movies and was directed by I. V. Sasi starring Mohanlal. The rivalry between Mangalasherry Neelakantan (Mohanlal) and Mundakkal Shekaran (Napolean) is the main theme of the movie.

1 Plot
2 Cast (in credits order)
3 Miscellanea
4 Sequels and Impact
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Neelakantan (an alternative name of lord Shiva) is the is the heir to the well known Mangalasherry family who squanders away his father's largesse and good name, but is loved by the people who knows him well. Neelakantan was the arch rival of Shekaran of the Mundakkal family right form the childhood days. During a minor ruckus, one of the aides of Neelakantan accidentally kills Shekaran' uncle (Janardanan). This incites Shekaran and he plans to avenge the death of his uncle. Meanwhile Neelakantan offends Bhanumathi (Revathi), a dance graduate, by forcing her to dance in front of him in his house. In retaliation Bhanumathi quits dancing and curses Neelakantan that she will dance again only after his death. Later he feels regretful and helps her family in many ways and tries to persuade Bhanumathi to take up dancing again, but she doesn't budge. Meantime, Neelakantan visits his widowed mother intending to bring her back home, but she passes away after revealing a terrible secret; that he was born out of wedlock. This fact crushes him, and only Bhanumati finds out this secret when he curses drunkenly that the ancestral heritage which he is proud of, is actually not his. She is surprised by the vulnerable side of Neelakantan.

The night on which he was returning home from Bhanumathi's home, Shekaran and his aides ambushes him and injures him seriously.

Neelakantan survives the attack, but his legs are badly injured and undergoes some ayurvedic treatment to rejevente his legs. It is during this time that Bhanumathi falls in love with him (she is also regretful for having cursed him, feeling a bit guilty that the attack was somehow related to her curse). Neelakantan convinces Bhanumathi to dance and he arranges for a dance event for her at Delhi. Neelakantan tries to forget all the past events and his rivalry with Shekaran, but Shekaran is not satisfied and wants to defeat Neelakantan in front of the whole village. For this he kidnaps Bhanumathi and forces Neelakantan to take blows in front of the public during a village festival organised by the Mundakkal family. Meanwhile Neelakantan's friends rescues Bhanumathi and after this Neelakantan mauls Shekaran badly and cuts off Shekaran's right hand, so that he will not again come up with revenge later.

[edit] Cast (in credits order)

Mohanlal ... Mangalassery Neelakandan
Revathi ... Bhanumathi
Nedumudi Venu ... Appu Master
Innocent ... Warrier
Napoleon ... Shekharan
Sreeraman ... Kuruppu
Manian Pillai Raju ... Bharathan
Augustine ... Hydhrose
Chitra ... Subhadramma
Seeta ... Sarada
Bharathi ... Neelakandan's Mother
Cochin Hanifa ... Achuthan
Delhi Ganesh ... Panikkar
Janardanan ... Kunjikrishnan Nambiar
Sankaradi ... Kuttikrishnan Nair
Oduvil Unnikrishnan ... Peringodu Sankara Marar
Raghu ... Chacko
Sreenath ... C. S
Jagannatha Varma ... Adiyodi
Jose Prakash ... Ezhuthachan
Jagannathan ... Poduval

[edit] Miscellanea

Based on the real life story of Mullassery Raju who is disabled and bed bound just like mohanlal's character in the movie. Writer Ranjith showed the video of the movie to raju and his reply was Neelakandan enthu decent aanu meaning Neelakantan is such a decent guy(when compared to him!). Ranjith wrote the script with actress Bhanupriya in mind to do the role of Bhanumathi (hence the name) but she had some problems and they chose Revathi instead.

[edit] Sequels and Impact

Devasuram had a sequel in Ravanaprabhu, which was released in 2001. Because of the success of the movie number of this type of movies (called as Thampuran movies) were made but only three of them, Aaram Thamburan, Narasimham and Ravnaprabhu, ironically all starring Mohan Lal, were successful.