Vellinakshatram (2004 film)
| Vellinakshatram | |
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| Directed by | Vinayan |
| Produced by | Vinayan |
| Written by | Vinayan |
| Starring |
Prithviraj Sukumaran Jayasurya Jagathy Sreekumar |
| Music by | M. Jayachandran |
| Cinematography | Shaji Kumar |
| Edited by | G. Murali |
Release dates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Vellinakshatram(English: Silver Star) is a 2004 Malayalam ghost horror film by Vinayan starring Taruni Sachdev, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Meenakshi, Jagathy Sreekumar, Karthika Mathew, Thilakan, Jagadeesh, Salim Kumar& Siddique in lead roles.
Plot
Vinod (Pritviraj) is in love with Aswathy (Karthika Mathew) a member of Lakshmipuram royal family, which has many dark secrets. When Aswathy's mother refuses her to marry Vinod, she elopes and marries him. Just before the birth of their child, Vinod and Aswathy make up with the royal family consisting of two uncles, Pooradam Thirunal Valiya Koyi Thampuran (Jagathi Sreekumar) and Pooradam Thirunal cheriya Koyi Thampuran (Jagadeesh), and their wives. Later a child is born to them and Aswathy dies mysteriously during the delivery. Her grandmother is bedridden by now. The baby is called Ammu (Taruni Sachdev) and is looked after by the members of the family who start thinking that the little girl is possessed by a ghost. Vinod hires Indu(Meenakshi) to look after Ammu. Later the family members understand that Indu is also possessed by a ghost.
The Pooradam Thirunal uncles meet an exorcist (Thilakan) to get a solution for their troubles. The exorcist gives them an enchanted plate to be buried in deserted Lakshmipuram palace, the root cause for all the problems. When they try to bury the enchanted plate, they are frightened by the ghosts & become insane. Dr.Sundarasen (Salim Kumar),a psychiatrist comes to the palace to treat them.
Their brother, Mahendra Verma (Siddique) returns from Dubai upon hearing his brothers' illness. He falls for the beauty of Indu & try to molest her only to realise that she is a ghost. He & his brothers, along with the Doctor, goes to the exorcist to learn the reason behind these mysterious happenings.
In the flashback, it is revealed that in the days of Tippu sultan a Keralite king had joined hands with the British to save his kingdom from falling into the hands of the sultan. Chandrachoodan (Pritviraj) is the brave general of the king & Indu is his wife Indumathy Devi & Ammu is their daughter. The British Governor falls for the beauty of Indumathi Devi & tries to bribe the king saying that he will make an alliance with his kingdom if he convince Indumathi to sleep with him.
The king knowing about Chandrachoodan, tricks him & sends him to nearest nation to convey his message on the day of his daughter's birthday. Aswathy was the princess & a close friend to Indumathi. She tricks Indumathi & brings her to the palace where the governor is awaiting her arrival. Indumathi is shocked to learn the betrayal by Aswathy & the king.She tries to kill the governor by pulling the King's sword. But the king manages to snatch the sword and cuts off Indumathi's head. They decide to bury her body along with her daughter,who was alive, inside the palace itself. The king orders to kill Chandrachoodan as he returns from his quest thereby putting everything to an end.
As the child was killed on the day of her birthday, she returned as a vengeful spirit to take revenge on the king. The King, Chandrachoodan, Indumathi & Ammu take rebirth & this generation Mahendra Verma is the king. They kill Aswathy as she betrayed Indumathi before. In this birth Mahendra Verma continuously used to get nightmares & is informed that a child will be born in their family with "Karthika" as its star & that the child will be the cause of his death. And when the child is born, Mahendra Verma will experience a physical disability.As per the prophecy a girl child is born with the same star to his sister & it is killed by him unknown to the rest of the family members. He lost his one side vision as a result of the child's birth.
Now Ammu is also born with "Karthika" as a star but by minutes difference, the family mistook a wrong star. During the birth of Ammu he lost his hearing ability on one side but did not realize its cause. Mahendra Verma sends his men to kill Ammu & Vinod but they escape.
They arrange for a Pooja to exorcise the ghost. the exorcist successfully manages to control the spirit of Indu, but faints after the pooja. Ammu reaches there & gets angry on seeing Mahendra Verma. In spite of others' efforts from saving him, she manages to kill Mahendra Verma & thus her soul find peace.
Now normal Ammu, join the hands of Vinod & Indu & they live happily ever after.
Cast
- Prithviraj Sukumaran– Vinod/Chandrachoodan
- Meenakshi- Indu/Indumathy Devi
- Taruni Sachdev (child artist)- Ammu
- Jayasurya-Indu's fiancee
- Karthika Mathew- Aswathi Thampuratti
- Jagathi Sreekumar- Pooradam Thirunal Valiya Koyi Thampuran
- Jagadeesh
- Salim Kumar-Psychiatrist Dr. Sundaresan
- Thilakan-Exorcist
- Siddique- Mahendra Verma/King Manaveda Varma
- Rajan P. Dev-Exorcist
- Sukumari
- Valsala Menon
- Narayanankutty
- Girish
- Santhosh
- Indrans - Palace Manager
- Bindu Panicker
- Praseetha Menon
- Yamuna
- Priyanka
Songs
| Tracklist | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Chandana Mukhile" | Kaithapram | K. S. Chithra | 04:45 | ||||||
| 2. | "Chakkara kili" | Kaithapram | Sujatha Mohan | 04:27 | ||||||
| 3. | "Kukkuru Kukkuru kurukkan" | Kaithapram | 04:36 | |||||||
| 4. | "Pineapple Penne" | Kaithapram | 04:35 | |||||||
Total length: |
36:12 | |||||||||
Box Office
The film declared as superhit at the boxoffice.