Agniputhri (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.
- Released
- 1967-03-18
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- M. Krishnan Nair
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 1 votes
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
- T. K. Balachandran as Balachandran
- Vasantha as Sandhya
- Adoor Bhasi as Dance Master Parvathidas
- Bahadoor as Appunni Nair
- S. P. Pillai as Adukkalakkaran Embranthiri