Rudraksham (1994)

 ●  Malayalam ● 2 hrs 46 mins

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Vishwanathan (Suresh Gopi), due to his passion for farming and agriculture, gave up his job in an MNC and has been settled in his village. One day he gets a call from Hyderabad that Revathi (Maathu), his sister, who is studying medicine at a medical college has been missing for the past couple of days. Vishwanathan sets out to Hyderabad on the same day in a tourist bus. The bus, which is on a trip to Tirupati, is packed with a set of Tamil Brahmin pilgrims. Gowri (Annie), a beautiful girl among them grabs his attention for her singing abilities. The next day morning, on reaching Hyderabad, Vishwanathan reaches the college, and from her friends comes to know that Revathi had received threats from one Sudhakar Reddy (K. B. Ganesh Kumar), son of an underworld don. Revathi, who had witnessed a murder committed by Sudhakar, had planned to appear at an identification parade at the police station. Sudhkar in fury, rapes her, and in an effort to save herself, she falls down from the top of a building and dies. Vishwanathan visits the nearby police station to file a complaint, but gets cold response from the local inspector. He even threatens to arrest Vishwanathan, if he decides to move ahead with the complaint. Vishwanathan, who goes crazy of anger, gets into a scuffle with Sudhakar, and kills him, which causes his father Reddy, who is now ruling the city, to hunt for Vishwanathan. He is saved by the rival mafia don Patel (Devan). Vishwanathan is made to stay at a brothel run by Patel, where he meets Appu (Maniyanpilla Raju), a good hearted chap. At the brothel, he is shocked to see Gowri, with whom he had a crush on the bus on the road to Hyderabad. From Appu, he comes to know that she was trapped and kidnapped at Tirupathi and has been sold to Patel by a lady pimp (Lalithasree). On meeting Vishwanathan, Gowri pleads him to save her. At night, she hits the local inspector with a liquor bottle, causing him injury. Vishwanathan decides to save her and is helped by Appu in finding a route outside. Appu introduces him to Jose (Vijayaraghavan), a truck driver from Kerala and his sidekick Kunjahammed (Augustine). But Appu is killed by the goons of Patel. Vishwanathan flees out from the brothel with Gowri and is followed by Patel and his goons. On other side, Reddy is also after him. Their chase turns more violent as they face several hardships on the path, including many local criminals. But Vishwanathan, after a bloody, long chase, succeeds in saving her by killing both Patel and Reddy.

Cast: Annie Jobbie, Suresh Gopi

Crew: Shaji Kailas (Director), S Kumar (Director of Photography), Sharreth Vasudevan (Music Director)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance

Release Dates: 01 Jan 1994 (India)

Malayalam Name: രുദ്രാക്ഷം

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Did you know? This was the first film by Shaji Kailas with Ranjith. Later they did "Asuravamsam", "Aaram" "Thamburan", "Narasimham" and "Valliettan". Read More
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as Gouri
as Vishwanathan
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as Kunjahammad
as Thankachan
as Hospital Attandant
as Rathnam
as Sudhakar Reddy
as Revathi
as Police Officer
as Nair
as Appunni Nair

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Malayalam
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
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No

Music Director: Sharreth Vasudevan
Lyricist: Renji Panicker
Playback Singer: Sujatha Mohan

Music Director: Sharreth Vasudevan
Lyricist: Renji Panicker
Playback Singer: Malgudi Subha

Music Director: Sharreth Vasudevan
Lyricist: Renji Panicker
Playback Singer: KJ Yesudas, KS Chithra

Music Director: Sharreth Vasudevan
Lyricist: Renji Panicker
Playback Singer: KS Chithra
Trivia:
The camera work was done by S Kumar. This is the only film that Kumar did with Shaji Kailas.

This film was criticized for extreme violence.

This was the first film by Shaji Kailas with Ranjith. Later they did "Asuravamsam", "Aaram" "Thamburan", "Narasimham" and "Valliettan".

This was the second film of Annie. She made a stunning come back and became the most popular heroine of her time. She went on to act in more than a dozen films during the next year.

It was on the sets of this film that director Shaji Kailas fell in love with Annie. They got married a year later.