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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Rakthasaakshikal Sindabad<br />
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| director = [[Venu Nagavalli]]<br />
| producer = Deepa Ramesh Kumar<br />
| writer = [[Venu Nagavally]]<br />
| screenplay = [[Venu Nagavally]]<br />[[Cheriyan Kalpakavadi]]<br />
| story = [[Cheriyan Kalpakavadi]]<br />
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| starring = [[Mohanlal]]<br />[[Suresh Gopi]]<br />[[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]<br />[[Nedumudi Venu]]<br />[[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]]<br />
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| music = [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
| cinematography = P. Sukumar<br />
| editing = N. Gopalakrishnan<br />
| studio = Surya Cine Arts<br />
| distributor = Surya Cine Arts<br />Seven Arts<br />
| released = {{Film date|1998|10|30|df=y}}<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
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'''''Rakthasaakshikal Sindabad''''' ([[English language|English]]: Long live the martyrs) is a 1998 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[historical]] [[political]] [[Action film|action]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] movie directed by [[Venu Nagavalli]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2009 |title='Making political films no longer possible' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2009/mar/03/making-political-films-no-longer-possible-29807.html |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> featuring [[Mohanlal]], [[Suresh Gopi]] and [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] in the lead roles. The revolt scenes in the film were directed by [[Priyadarshan]].<br />
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The film was released on 30 October 1998 coinciding with the fifty-second anniversary of [[Punnapra-Vayalar uprising|Punnapra-Valayar]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2021 |title=അധികമാർക്കും അറിയാത്ത ചരിത്രകഥകളുമായി പ്രേക്ഷകരിലേക്ക് എത്തിയ മലയാള സിനിമകൾ! |trans-title=Malayalam movies that reach the audience with historical stories unknown to most! |url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/malayalam-cinema/movie-news/top-15-historical-movies-in-malayalam-and-their-box-office-performance/articleshow/88076053.cms?story=13 |website=[[Samayam]] |language=ml}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
A political story set in the pre-independent India when [[Communism in Kerala|Communism]] came into the picture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=S. |first=Bechu |date=17 October 2020 |title=Lal Salam movie buffs! Films that all communists must watch before they die |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2020/oct/17/lal-salam-movie-buffs-films-that-all-communists-must-watch-before-they-die-2211515.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026025820/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2020/oct/17/lal-salam-movie-buffs-films-that-all-communists-must-watch-before-they-die-2211515.html |archive-date=26 October 2020 |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Mohanlal]] as [[K. C. S. Mani|Siva Subrahmanya Iyer]], later Comrade Shivan<br />
* [[Suresh Gopi]] as Urmees Tharakan Mappilassery<br />
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Divan Sir [[C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]]<br />
* [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] as Sivakami Ammal<br />
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as E. Sreedharan<br />
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Iyer's elder brother<br />
* [[Zainuddin (actor)|Zainuddin]] as comrade<br />
* [[Karamana Janardanan Nair]] as Raman Thirumulpadu<br />
* [[Rajan P. Dev]] as Mappilassery Tharakan<br />
* [[Mala Aravindan]]<br />
* [[Jagannatha Varma]] as Parthasarathy of Alummoottil<br />
* [[Ranjitha]]<br />
* [[Maathu]]<br />
* [[Sukumari]] as Subbulaxmi Ammal, Iyer's mother<br />
* Kalamandalam Sreejaya as Ammini<br />
[[File:Alummoottil Buildings.png|thumb|Parthasarthy (Jagannatha Varma) home is the [[Alummoottil|Alummootil]] meda<ref>{{Citation |title=Rakthasaakshikal Zindabad Malayalam Full Movie {{!}} Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Murali | date=4 April 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfwH-TbJ7ew |access-date=2023-06-24 }}</ref> in the movie. Divan Sir CP is welcomed in to the Alummoottil Meda. The meda in the movie is also the seat of the Brahmana Sabha.]]<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film is based on the [[Punnapra-Vayalar uprising|Punnapra-Vayalar agitation]] and was criticised for not doing justice to the history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gangadharan |first=Saju |date=30 October 2021 |title=രക്തസാക്ഷികള് സിന്ദാബാദ്- വിപ്ലവ വീര്യത്തിന്റെ കഥ- 'ചുവന്ന' സിനിമകളിലൂടെ തുടരുന്നു |trans-title=Martyrs Zindabad: The story of revolutionary vigor continues through 'Red' films |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/cinema/rakthasakshikal-zindabad/979213 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102225312/https://www.deshabhimani.com/cinema/rakthasakshikal-zindabad/979213 |archive-date=2 November 2021 |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=[[Deshabhimani]] |language=ml}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=Rakthasakshikal Zindabad |url=https://gaana.com/album/rakthasakshikal-zindabad |website=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]]}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! # !! Title !! Lyrics !! Singer(s)<br />
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| 1<br />
| "Balikudeerangal"<br />
| [[Ezhacheri Ramachandran]]<br />
| [[K. J. Yesudas]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Cheruvallikkaavilinnu" [Bonus Track]<br />
| [[Gireesh Puthenchery]]<br />
| [[Sudeep Kumar]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Kizhakku Pulari"<br />
| [[P. Bhaskaran]]<br />
| [[M. G. Sreekumar]], K. J. Yesudas, Chorus<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Nammalu Koyyum"<br />
| [[O. N. V. Kurup]]<br />
| M. G. Sreekumar, [[K. S. Chitra]], Chorus<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Panineer Maariyil" [Bonus Track]<br />
| rowspan="5" | [[Gireesh Puthenchery]]<br />
| [[Radhika Thilak]], [[Sudeep Kumar]]<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| "Ponnaaryan Paadam"<br />
| K. S. Chitra<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| "Vaikaasihennalo"<br />
| M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chitra<br />
|-<br />
| 8<br />
| "Vaikaasithennalo" (F)<br />
| K. S. Chitra<br />
|-<br />
| 9<br />
| "Vaikaasithennalo" (M)<br />
| M. G. Sreekumar<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0274043}}<br />
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[[Category:1998 films]]<br />
[[Category:1998 Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about communism]]<br />
[[Category:1990s political thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian political thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Venu Nagavally]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in the 20th century]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. G. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:History of India on film]]<br />
[[Category:History of Kerala on film]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Alappuzha]]<br />
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