Agniputhri

Agniputhri

144 mins | Drama | March 18, 1967

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 Sindhu’s daughter Bindu. Sindhu further confesses on her wedding night that she suffers from venereal disease.

Agniputhri

144 mins | Drama | March 18, 1967

Agniputhri
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 Sindhu’s daughter Bindu. Sindhu further confesses on her wedding night that she suffers from venereal disease.
Producers Prem Productions
Original title Agniputhri
Directors M. Krishnan Nair
Writers S L Puram Sadanandan

Cast

Prem Nazir

as Rajendran

Sheela

as Sindhu

T R Omana

as Muthassi

T. S. Muthaiah

as Dr. Jayadevan

Aranmula Ponnamma

as Saraswathi

Usharani

as Bindu

Meena

as

T. K. Balachandran

as Balachandran

Vasantha

as Sandhya

Adoor Bhasi

as Dance Master Parvathidas

Bahadoor

as Appunni Nair

S. P. Pillai

as Adukkalakkaran Embranthiri