Rakthasakshikal Sindabad

Rakthasaakshikal Sindabad (English: Long live the martyrs) is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language historical political thriller movie directed by Venu Nagavalli, featuring Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Sukanya in the lead roles. The revolt scenes in the film were directed by Priyadarshan.

The film was released on 30 October 1998 coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of Punnapra-Valayar.

Plot
A political story set in the pre-independent India when Communism came into the picture.

Cast

 * Mohanlal as Siva Subrahmanya Iyer, later Comrade Shivan
 * Suresh Gopi as Urmees Tharakan Mappilassery
 * Nassar as Divan Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
 * Sukanya as Sivakami Ammal
 * Murali as E. Sreedharan
 * Nedumudi Venu as Iyer's elder brother
 * Zainuddin as comrade
 * Karamana Janardanan Nair as Raman Thirumulpadu
 * Rajan P. Dev as Mappilassery Tharakan
 * Mala Aravindan
 * Zainuddin
 * Jagannatha Varma as Parthasarathy of Alummoottil
 * Ranjitha
 * Maathu
 * Sukumari as Subbulaxmi Ammal, Iyer's mother
 * Kalamandalam Sreejaya as Ammini

Production
The film is based on the Punnapra-Vayalar agitation and was criticised for not doing justice to the history.

Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack contains 9 songs, all composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan. Lyrics were by P. Bhaskaran, O. N. V. Kurup, Gireesh Puthenchery and Ezhacheri Ramachandran.