Vellinakshatram (2004 film)

Vellinakshatram
Directed by Vinayan
Produced by Vinayan
Written by Vinayan
Starring Prithviraj Sukumaran
Tharuni Sachdev
Music by M. Jayachandran
Cinematography Shaji Kumar
Edited by G. Murali
Release date
  • 2 April 2004 (2004-04-02)
Country India
Language Malayalam

Vellinakshatram(English: Silver Star) is a 2004 Malayalam comedy horror film by Vinayan starring Taruni Sachdev, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Meenakshi, Jagathy Sreekumar, Karthika Mathew, Thilakan, Jagadeesh, Salim Kumar and Siddique in lead roles. It has been dubbed in Hindi under the title Tantra Mantra.

Plot

Vinod (Pritviraj) is in love with Aswathy (Karthika Mathew) a member of the Lakshmipuram royal family, which has many dark secrets. When Aswathy's mother refuses to allow 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, but Aswathy dies mysteriously during the delivery. Her grandmother is bedridden by then. 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 an evil spirit. Vinod hires Indu(Meenakshi) to babysit Ammu. Later the family members understand that Indu is also possessed by an evil spirit.

The Pooradam Thirunal uncles meet an exorcist, Vallyankattu Thirumeni, (Thilakan) to get a solution for their troubles. The exorcist gives them an enchanted plate to be buried in the original 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 seduce her only to realise that she is a ghost. He & his brothers, along with the Doctor, goes to Vallyankattu Thirumeni to learn the reason behind these mysterious happenings.

In a flashback, it is revealed that in the days of Tippu sultan, Mahendra Verma a Keralite king, had joined hands with the British to save his kingdom from falling into the hands of the Sultan. Chandrachoodan (Pritviraj) was a brave general of the King's Army and Indu was his wife Indumathi Devi and Ammu, was their daughter. The Britis the betrayal by Aswathy and the king. Indumathi tries to kill the governor by pulling the King's sword, but the king manages to snatch the sword and decapitates Indumathi. 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, Ashwathy, Chandrachoodan, Indumathi Devi & Ammu reincarnates in the current generation. First, Ashwathy was killed prior to her delivery as she betrayed Indumathi Devi in her past. In this birth, Mahendra Verma continuously used to get nightmares and it was prophesied that a child will be born in their family with "Karthika" as its star and 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 was born with the same star to his sister, but he killed the child without the knowledge of the rest of the family members. He lost one side of his 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. Due to of 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 and Vinod but they escape.

They arrange for a Pooja to exorcise Indumathi. The exorcist successfully manages to control the spirit of Indumathi, 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 finds peace.

Now a normal Ammu, joins hands of Vinod & Indu & they live happily ever after.

Cast

Soundtrack

The films soundtrack contains 8 songs, all composed by M. Jayachandran. Lyrics by S. Ramesan Nair an Kaithapram.

#TitleSinger(s)
1 "Chandana Mukile (F)" K. S. Chitra, Chorus
2 "Chakkarakkili" Sujatha Mohan
3 "Kookuru Kukku Kurukkan"
4 "Pinnapple Penne" Franco, Jyotsna
5 "Chandana Mukile (M)" Sudeep Kumar
6 "Maanazhako (M)" K. J. Yesudas
7 "Maanazhako (F)" Sujatha Mohan
8 "Vellinakshathram [Theme Music]" M. Jayachandran, Chorus

Reception

Deccan Chronicle said, "The scene stealer is undoubtedly the Mumbai girl, young Taruni. Jayasurya’s guest appearance could well have been avoided. The less said the better about the rest of the cast in this film that is neither a horror thriller nor a comedy. Sadly, there is nothing in this film that will keep it from sinking".[1]

Box office

The film was commercial success.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Vellinakshatram
  2. ↑ "Malayalam cinema- Analysis 2004!". Sify. 1 January 2005.
  3. ↑ "Will the Yakshi save Vinayan?". Sify. 23 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Raghuvinte Swantham Rasiya will release this Friday". Rediff.com. 19 May 2011.
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