Ahimsa (1981 film)

Ahimsa is a 1981 Malayalam-language political film directed by I. V. Sasi and written by T. Damodaran, starring  Sukumaran, Mammootty, Ratheesh, Poornima Jayaram, Seema, Balan K. Nair, Mohanlal and Menaka in other supporting roles. The film won two Kerala State Film Awards, for Second Best Actor (Mammootty) and Best Editor (Narayanan).

Plot
Talks about the Hindu-Muslim politics and conflicts in Kerala which connects with triggered by some of the feudal lords. The movie urges the audience with the importance of non-violence.

Cast

 * Sukumaran as Devan
 * Mammootty as Vasu
 * Ratheesh as Bharathan
 * Poornima Jayaram as Suma
 * Menaka as Safiya
 * Mohanlal as Mohan
 * Lalu Alex as Raghu
 * Jose Prakash as R. K.
 * Balan K. Nair as Kunjutty
 * Seema as Ani
 * Jose as Suresh
 * Kuthiravattom Pappu as Muthu
 * Achankunju as Kuttayi
 * Sukumari as Nirmala, Bharathan's Mother
 * Prathapachandran as Govindan
 * Sathaar as Biju
 * P. K. Abraham
 * T. G. Ravi as Peter
 * Sreenivasan as Raju
 * Swapna as Radha
 * K.P.A.C. Sunny as Pappan
 * Kunjandi as Musliar
 * Kothuku Nanappan as Sankaran
 * Kunchan as Chellappan
 * Kuttyedathi Vilasini as Lakshmi
 * Rajalakshmi
 * K. T. C. Abdullah as Avukkar (Hajiyar's assistant)
 * Baskara Kurup as Hajiyar
 * Rajan Padoor

Box office
The film was commercial success.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack features four songs, all written by Bichu Thirumala and composed by A. T. Ummer.