Thrishna

Thrishna released in 1981 October and written by M. T Vasudevan Nair. Movie was directed by Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran, better known as I.V.Sasi is a famous Malayalam Film director who is known for his unique movies. He holds the record for having directed the most movies by a director. He has directed about 150 films in various south Indian languages and Hindi. He is known as the "veteran" and the "guru" of Malayalam film direction. This was the team who introduced Mammootty (Krishnadas) through this movie as hero. “Sruthiyil” song sung by Sri.Yesudas was big hit at that time.

Mammootty’s chatacter was excellent and shows maturity. Malayalam film audiences praised him and appreciated the team who introduced him as mature hero. Thrishna become one of the big hits of that year. K.G George introduced him in Mela but he become hero in thrishna and later acted in a big hit movie Yavanika.