Agniputhri (1967)

Malayalam movie · Drama · 144 min · TMDB 7/10

The respectable college teacher Rajan (Nazir) marries Sindhu (Sheela), the orphaned inmate of a home for destitutes. The feudal conservative hypocrisies of the hero’s family are graphically criticised: Rajan’s cousin Chandran admits he once had sex with Sindhu, and Rajan’s snooty brother, the doctor Jayadev, fathered…

Cast: Prem Nazir (Rajendran), Sheela (Sindhu), T R Omana (Muthassi), T. S. Muthaiah (Dr. Jayadevan), Aranmula Ponnamma (Saraswathi), Usharani (Bindu).

Directed by M. Krishnan Nair.

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