Ishti

Story

Synopsis

The film focuses on a very conservative Namboodiri family in a very regressive social milieu. Ishti centres around two main characters, a 70-year-old Ramavikraman Namboodiri, who is a Vedic scholar who preserves the fire from a Somayagam to light his funeral pyre, and Sreedevi, his young, third wife. Sreedevi stands up against orthodoxy. She manages to inspire her husband’s son from another marriage to read and write. The conflict between these characters and those who revolve around their lives is what the film is generally about. It then also becomes a strong comment on the attempt to balance worldly desires and the rigidity of caste and tradition.

Director

G. Prabha

Writers

G. Prabha

Language

Sanskrit (Saṁskṛta)

Country

India

Release date

21 November 2016

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Nedumudi Venu

  Ramavikraman Namboodiri

• 

  Athira Patel

  Sreedevi

• 

  Anoop Krishnan

• 

  Jijoy Rajagopal

• Preeja Madhu

• Lakshmi Gopakumar

• Mohini Vinayan

• 

  Meenakshi Anoop