The film's soundtrack contains six songs, all composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics by S. The film was made on a production cost of ₹30 million. The fund for the film was raised by 60 of the disciples in the Santhigiri Ashram, including Anchal. The film is based on the Guru and tells the message Guru strive to convey to the materialistic world. The idea for the film came when he met Guru seven years ago (since the release). Anchal is a disciple of the spiritual leader Karunakara Guru, founder of Santhigiri Ashram in Pothencode, Thiruvananthapuram. He used the Wellsian theme in the film to picturise the human condition, that of "darkness overpowering the soul". He was awestruck by its story and the description of the valley of the blind. Anchal first read the book during his college education. Wells's short story The Country of the Blind, which tells the story of a man who finds himself in a valley of blind men. Rajiv Anchal cite his influence for the film to H. Nassar as The culprit ( cameo appearance).
Sonia (actress) as Queen, King Vijayanta's Wife.The extremist group begins their assault on the refugees in the Ashram but Raghuraman rushes to save them, irrespective of their religion.
At the same time, in the real world, Raghuraman drops his weapon and wakes up. They storm the palace with weapons where Raghuraman begs them not to use violence and that it achieves nothing. The people respond by starting a rebellion. When the king and advisers learn of this, they arrest Raghuraman. The news spreads like wildfire and more and more people begin to eat the seeds and follow Raghuraman. He convinces Ramanagan and family to trust him and eat the seeds and they too gain their eyesight. He uses his newfound knowledge to spread the truth about their blindness and the cure. He is captured by the king's soldiers and is ordered to be executed by forcing him to eat the seeds of Ilama pazham, a very rare and cruel punishment.Īfter the soldiers follow the orders, he is left to die and is surprised when he wakes up hours later having gotten his sight back. After eating it, he turns blind and helpless. Intrigued by this Raghuraman climbs the tree eats the tasty and highly addictive fruit which is called Ilama pazham (Ilama fruit) by the valley people, the seeds of which are extremely poisonous, which is a common delicacy among them. Ramanagan informs Raghuraman this is the fruit of the sacred tree which was given to them by a goddess when the infants of the valley started to die upon being born. He observes when a baby is born in the valley, the juice of a special fruit is given to the infant by the midwives immediately. He notices that they have built a world where sight is not required for anything. Living with the man, he learns of their daily life and culture. Raghurāman tries to tell them that there is a world of sight and that he can see, but they refuse to believe him and warn him that such talk will get him killed by the king and the elders. Raghurāman befriends Ramanagan, a man he saves from death. Children are taught from a very young age that sight does not exist. They believe the sense of sight to be a lie and that is blasphemous to even talk about it. During meditation, he experiences an altered state of consciousness and perceives being transported into another world. After infiltrating the Ashram, he meets Vaidehi who suggests him to meditate for a few moments. Raghurāman, after his family is killed, joins a Hindu extremist gang to take revenge by attacking a group of Muslims who have taken refuge in a Guru's Ashram (a place where a holy Guru lived and worked). When an ambitious politician's (NF Varghese) goons, disguised as Muslims, cause trouble at the local temple, tensions breaks out between the two communities leading to widespread religious riots. The people, Hindus and Muslims, live in harmony. Raghuraman (Mohanlal) is the son of a local Hindu temple's priest in an idyllic village.