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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Yakshi<br />
| image = Yakshi (1968) film poster.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]]<br />
| producer = M. O. Joseph<br />
| writer = [[Thoppil Bhasi]]<br />
| starring = [[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]]<br/>[[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Yakshi (novel)|Yakshi]]''|[[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]}}<br />
| music = [[Devarajan]]<br />
| cinematography = Melli Irani<br />
| editing = M. S. Mani<br />
| studio = Manjilas<br />
| distributor = Vimala Release<br />
| released = {{Film date|1968|6|30|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Yakshi''''' is a 1968 [[Malayalam]] [[psychological horror]] film, directed by [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] and written by [[Thoppil Bhasi]], based on [[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]'s much acclaimed [[Yakshi (novel)|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja |url-access=registration |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |author2=Paul Willemen |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja/page/143 143] |year=1999 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] }}</ref> It stars [[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]], [[Adoor Bhasi]], [[N. Govindan Kutty]], [[Bahadoor]], Ushakumari, [[Sukumari]], Rajakokila and Radhika.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3130|title=Yakshi|access-date=2014-10-14|publisher=Malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref> It is the first psychological thriller in the history of Malayalam cinema.<ref>C. S. Venkiteswaran. (18 June 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121109063438/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/06/18/stories/2010061857770100.htm "Auteur par excellence"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''. Retrieved 30 April 2011.</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
A mentally ill college lecturer Sreenivasan ([[Sathyan (actor)|Sathyan]]) is doing research on the unscientific and superstitious topic of the [[Yakshi]]s. He is disfigured in an accident in his college lab. Everyone adored him begins to hate him and keep away from him for his looks. He meets a beautiful woman, Ragini ([[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]). She is willing to accept him despite his disfigurement. Sreenivasan marries Ragini and they lead a happy life. After a while, Sreenivasan has doubts about the identity of his wife; he suspects that she is a Yakshi. He dreams that Ragini wants to murder him to gain immortality by drinking his blood. Sreenivasan allows her to take his life, but because of the strong passion and love towards him, Ragini lets him live and disappears. When Sreenivasan wakes up from the dream, policemen take him to a psychiatrist on the basis of the missing of Ragini and Sreenivasan's retarded behaviour. Sreenivasan tells them cops that, Ragini is a Yakshi and disappeared in front of him. But no one believes him. The psychiatrist reveals to the cops that, Sreenivasan is mentally ill because of his constant thoughts about Yakshis. He confesses that he murdered Ragini while she was dressing up due to his mental illness.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] as Ragini<br />
*[[Sathyan (actor)|Sathyan]] as Professor Sreenivasan (Sreeni)<br />
*[[Sreelatha Namboothiri]] as Vanaja<br />
*[[Adoor Bhasi]] as Ananthan<br />
*[[Sukumari]] as Kalyani<br />
*[[Bahadoor]] as Paramu<br />
*[[N. Govindankutty]] as Chandran<br />
*Radhika<br />
*[[Rajakokila]] as Chandran's Wife<br />
*[[Ushakumari]] as Vijayalakshmi<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[G. Devarajan]] and the lyrics were written by [[Vayalar Ramavarma]].<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Chandrodayathile" || [[S. Janaki]] || [[Vayalar Ramavarma]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Chandrodayathile" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], S. Janaki || Vayalar Ramavarma ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Padmaraagappadavukal" || [[P. Susheela]] || Vayalar Ramavarma ||<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Swarnachaamaram Veeshiyethunna" || K. J. Yesudas, [[P. Leela]] || Vayalar Ramavarma ||<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Swarnachaamaram" (F) || P. Leela || Vayalar Ramavarma ||<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Vilichu Njan Vilikettu" || P. Susheela || Vayalar Ramavarma ||<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* ''[[Akam (film)|Akam]]'', a 2013 film adaptation of the novel<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3130 ''Yakshi''] at the Malayalam Movie Database<br />
* {{IMDB title|0255706|Yakshi}}<br />
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[[Category:1968 films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s psychological thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Works by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan]]<br />
[[Category:Indian psychological thriller films]]<br />
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