Anurakthi

Anurakthi is a Sanskrit film made in Kerala, India. The film is about the Indian art Koodiyattom. This is the first Sanskrit film to have a song. The song was shot in 3D, making the film the first 3D Sanskrit film. The film was screened at the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa in 2017.^[1] The film also won the special jury award for best regional film at the 5th Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF), Jaipur in 2018.^[2]

Anurakthi
Directed by	P. K. Ashokan
Written by	Sanal Machad Dr S N Mahesh Babu (dialogue)
Story by	Sanal Machad
Produced by	P. K. Ashokan Vijith Nambiar
Starring	Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri, Vani Vashishth, Sreehari Attoor, Vijith Nambiar, Sanju Madhav, Bindu Jayan
Cinematography	Sasi Ramakrishnan Anmol
Edited by	Sunil Kalyani
Music by	Joy Cheruvathoor Lyrics-Muraleedharan.P Singer-Vijith Nambiar
Production company	Happy Tune Media
Release date	2017 (2017)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	India
Language	Sanskrit

Plot

The film revolves around a Punjabi dancer (Vani Vashishth) who arrives in Kerala to learn the ancient dance form Koodiyattam from a master (Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri). The master's son falls in love with the dancer, and later mistakes the relationship between his father and the student.^{[3][4][5][1][6][7][8]}

Cast

• Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri
• Vani Vashishth
• Sreehari Attoor
• Vijith Nambiar
• Sanju Madhav
• Bindu Jayan