Esthappan

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Esthappan
Directed by G. Aravindan
Written by G. Aravindan
Starring Rajan Kakkanadan
Krishnapuram Leela
Sudharma
Shobhana
Music by Janardhan
G. Aravindan
Cinematography Shaji N. Karun
Editing by G. Aravindan
Release dates
  • 1980 (1980)
Country India
Language Malayalam

Esthappan is a 1980 Malayalam film written and directed by G. Aravindan. Aravindan also co-composed the music and edited the film. Rajan Kakkanadan, Krishnapuram Leela, Sudharma and Shobhana form the cast. The film blends together the Biblical story of the deeds of Christ and the way society responded to him, with the life of Esthappan, whose life mystified others. It won the Kerala State Film Awards for Best Film and Best Director.

Plot

Esthappan, a fisherman lives in a seashore colony of fishermen. To the fisherfolk of the coastal Christian village, he is at once an eccentric simpleton, a possessed soothsayer and faith healer, a Satanic grave stealer. Esthappan's story unfolds through narrations of other fishermen about the miracles created by him.

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