Sreekrishna Parunthu

Sreekrishna parunthu
Directed by A. Vincent
Produced by Mani Malliath
Written by P.V.Thampi
Based on Sreekrishna Parunthu 
by P. V. Thampi
Starring Mohanlal
Jagathy
Oduvil Unnikrishnan
Music by K. Raghavan
Cinematography Ajayan Vincent
Distributed by Century Release
Release dates
  • 6 September 1984 (1984-09-06)
Country India
Language Malayalam

Sreekrishna Parunthu is a 1984 Malayalam horror film directed by A. Vincent and featuring Mohanlal, Balan K. Nair and Jagathy.[1][2][3] The story is about Kumaran who is a complete rogue turns to be a pious saint and the temptations he has to suffer. It is based on the novel of the same name written by P. V. Thampi.[4]

Plot

Puthoor Illam is a traditional family that practices positive tantricmagic under blessings of their family god Lord Garuda, popularly known as Sri Krishnaparunthu (The Eagle of Krishna) and Hanuman. The family is widely respected for their ability to revive near-dead people due to venomous snake bites using the sacred water through invoking Garuda. Pappu (Jagannatha Varma), who is the current magician of the family foresees his death and decides to transfer all his knowledge to his nephew Kumaran Thampi (Mohanlal). Kumaran, whose only interest is wine and women reluctantly accepts the decision, as the magician must vow to maintain extreme celibacy. Pappu transfers all his knowledge to Kumaran and dies. Thus Kumaran becomes the next magician of the locality famous for curing snake bites and warding off negative spirits.

One night Kumaran goes to his ancestral palace for collecting manuscripts on traditional magic. On his return, he encounters the ghost of Lakshmikutty who tries to attract Kumaran. Lakshmikutty died of snake bite while having sexual intercourse with Kumaran earlier. Using his magical powers Kumaran gains control over the ghost. Lakshmikutty vows to Kumaran that she will not disturb him till he keeps his Brahmacharya. Choorakkattu Bhattathiri is a local black magician who wants to gain supremacy on the locality by destroying the magical powers of Kumaran and he worships Vada-yakshi who resides in the Banyan tree along with demoness Dhuma. From ghosts to women, he tries everything to do it but Kumaran escapes with his powers. Meantime, Kumaran gets attracted towards Bhanumathi (Pavithra) who starts to disturb him in his dreams. Soon Kumaran loses control over his emotions and breaks his Brahmacharya by having sex with Meenakshi, a local prostitute. Here starts the deterioration of Kumaran's magical powers.

The ghost of Lakshmikutty returns, since Kumaran has breached his brahmacharya. Again using his magical powers, Kumaran convinces her and keeps her locked inside his out house. As he broke his celibacy vows, he can't invoke Garuda anymore and loses much of his magical powers. Kumaran starts to perform black magic for making money since he is not able to concentrate. Choorakkattu Bhattathiri uses Vada Yakshi and Dhuma Demoness to kill all relatives of Kumaran. While Garuda saved the pious mother of Kumaran from Vada Yakshi, Dhuma was successful in burning the niece of Kumaran. However the nephew was saved, as he was wearing the magical amulet.

Soon he marries Bhanumathi which makes his mother to leave his home. On the day before his marriage, Kumaran gets attracted to the persuasions from Lakshmikutty and gets trapped by having sexual intercourse with her. Lakshmikutty curses Kumaran that he will not be able to have sex with any other women. Due to this, Kumaran tries to avoid sexual intercourse with Bhanumathi which evokes doubts on her. Later she finds the relationship between Kumaran and Lakshmikutty. One night, she enters the outhouse by breaking the magical barriers mistaking Lakshmikutty as a normal woman. The ghost of Lakshmikutty enters the body of Bhanumathi and starts to disturb Kumaran. An attempt by Kumaran to destroy the ghost leads to the suicide of Bhanumathi.

A desperate Kumaran decides to stop worshipping Lord Garuda and family goddess completely and becomes the disciple of his relative Kunjambu (Balan K. Nair), another black magician, and Kumaran begins worshipping Varthali, the negative spirit of boar headed Goddess Varahi. Then with the help of black magic powers, Kumaran becomes successful in destroying his enemies; Lakshmikutty as well as Choorakkattu Bhattathiri. Choorakkattu Bhattathiri became lunatic. Later Kumaran hears that his relatives are planning to secure the manuscripts from his ancestral palace. The greedy Kumaran rushes to the palace forgetting the warning from Kunajambu, that as devotee of Varthali, he forfeit his right to worship all other Devas, including Garuda. As soon as he enters the Palace, Garuda appears and attacks him. Meantime when he tries to take the holy manuscripts, the protecting Goddess appeared in front of him. He tries to counter with help of Varthali, but in front of the all powerful goddess, Varthali disappears. The goddess curses him and using her power, sets the palace under fire. Kumaran, who suffers severe intense burns and severe deadly blows from Garuda escapes out of the burning palace. The movie ends with the Kumaran breathing his last after transferring his knowledge to his nephew as per the tradition.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features 3 tracks, composed by K. Raghavan. The songs were penned by P. Bhaskaran.

Track No: Song Singer Situation
1 Nilavinte Poonkavil Lathika Ghost of Lakshmikutty trying to attract Kumaran
2 Mothirakai Viralukalal S. Janaki Features Kumran's dream full of Bhanumathi
3 Thaarakangal Kelkunnu Vani Jairam Song from Lakshmikutty while living in Kumaran's Out House

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sreekrishnapparunthu". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  2. ↑ "Sreekrishnapparunthu". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  3. ↑ "Sreekrishnapparunthu". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  4. ↑ Sree Krishnaparuthu Movie

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