THE  MALAYALAM MOVIE 'PANCHAGNI' WAS RELEASED IN 1986.AROUND 23 YEARS BACK.THE STORY WAS WRITTEN BY FAMOUS MALAYALAM WRITER ' SRI.M.T.VASUDEVAN NAIR'.I  HAVE WATCHED ONLY ONCE. BUT STILL I  CAN REMEMBER MOST OF THE SCENES.AND IT IS NOT A FUN MOVIE.

                  THE   STORY IS  ABOUT  A  STRONG  WILLED  LADY  'INDIRA' (PLAYED BY ACTRESS GEETHA)WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST.FULL  STORY  REVOLVES AROUND HER.THE  MOVIE STARTS WITH INDIRA VISITING HER AILING  MOTHER WHO WAS BED-RIDDEN.INDIRA  WAS ON PAROLE.SHE WAS GIVEN LIFE IMPRISONMENT  FOR MURDERING  A LAND LORD.DURING HER STUDY DAYS SHE WAS ATTRACTED  INTO NAXAL ACTIVITIES.WHEN SHE AND AND HER MATES  SAW  A  LANDLORD  TRYING TO  KILL A PREGNANT WOMAN BY SENDING BARKING DOGS  CHASING HER,INDIRA COULDN'T CONTROL HERSELF.SHE  KILLED HIM AND SHE NEVER FELT  SHE HAD DONE A WRONG ACT.

                                 NOW SHE  IS AT HOME WITH HER MOTHER.HER  OWN  BROTHER  HATES EVEN  THE SIGHT OF HER  FOR BRINGING BAD  PUBLICITY  DUE TO HER ACTIVITIES.SHE  MEETS  HER  CHILD HOOD FRIEND  SHARADA.SHE  VISITS HER HOME.BUT  WHEN  HER HUSBAND SETS AN EYE ON HER,SHE  SAYS GOOD-BYE LEAVING  BEHIND A TEARFUL SHARADA.INDIRA  HAS A  YOUNGER  SISTER  SAVITRI,WHO IS NOW MARRIED AND A MOTHER.INDIRA BECOMES A COMPANION TO THE CHILD.SHE GOES OUT.SEEING  THE OLD TEMPLE,POND,ETC,SHE GOES BACK TO HER CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.BUT FATE WAS AGAINST HER.WHEN HER OWN SISTER SUSPECTS HER OF HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HER HUSBAND,INDIRA LEAVES  WITH A BROKEN HEART. NOW SHE IS MEETING  ONE OF HER COMRADE WHO IS LEADING A SETTLED LIFE.ACTUALLY  HE WAS HER GURU DURING THOSE NAXAL MOVEMENTS.BUT NOW HE HAS BECOME A TOTALLY CHANGED PERSON.ACCORDING TO HIM,WHATEVER THEY HAD DONE IN THE PAST WAS FOOLISHNESS.

                            ANOTHER PERSON  IS COMING TO THE SCENARIO.RASHID-A JOURNALIST.HE WANTS TO PUBLISH THE STORY OF INDIRA.AN ANGRY INDIRA DRIVES HIM OUT. BUT RASHID WAS OPTIMISTIC.LATER HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH INDIRA.AT LAST INDIRA BECOMES READY TO MOVE WITH HIM.RASHID  TRIES  TO SHORTEN INDIRA'S LIFE IMPRISONMENT.HE SUCCEEDED  ALSO.

                            BUT  FATE  WAS INDEED  CRUEL.WHEN  INDIRA GOES TO SHARADA'S  HOME FOR TELLING THIS HAPPY  NEWS,SHE WITNESSES  A GRUESOME GANG  RAPE  WHICH INVOLVES  SHARADA'S HUSBSND ALSO.INDIRA  COULDN'T CONTROL HERSELF BECAUSE SHE WAS INDIRA.SHE KILLS THEM.

                                      NOW   RASHID  IS COMING  WITH HER RELEASE ORDER.WHAT TO SAY.HE  IS SHOCKED.INDIRA SIMPLY SAYS 'SORRY'.IT HAS ALL THE MEANINGS IN IT.I  CANNOT EXPLAIN  THE SCENE IN MERE WORDS.SHE RETURNS TO JAIL.

                                      IT IS A  WOMAN-ORIENTED MOVIE.ACTRESS GEETHA  PLAYED INDIRA VERY WELL.THERE IS NOT MUCH DIALOGUE FOR HER.BUT HER EYES SPEAK.THEY HAVE ALL THE EMOTIONS.INDIRA'S LIFE WAS A TRAGEDY.THAT IS WHAT WE FEEL.BUT SHE WAS NOT READY TO GIVE UP HER PRINCIPLES .SHE IS THE ONE WHO NEVER RUNS AWAY FROM A HURDLE.SHE IS READY TO SACRIFICE HER OWN LIFE.FOR HER, PRINCIPLES  AND TEACHINGS ARE NOT ONLY FOR  PREACHING  BUT FOR PUTTING INTO PRACTICE ALSO.

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