Devaraj, a factory worker, faces many challenges when he joins a new job. Can he overcome them?
Acting
Mohanlal's simmering rage before the explosion.
Direction
I V Sasi's claustrophobic factory floor tension.
Writing
Dialogue that bites harder than the machinery.
Director
I V Sasi
Mohanlal
Devaraj
Urvashi
Ashwathi
Rekha
Anju
Suresh Gopi
Mahesh
Captain Raju
Shekhu
Lalu Alex
Sethu
Kuthiravattam Pappu
Nambyar
Jagathy Sreekumar
Unni Unnithan
Sukumari
Devamma
K P Ummer
Sreedharan Unnithan
M G Soman
Chandrashekharan Nair
Janardhanan
Krishnakumar
Usha
Sindhu
Unni Mary
Ammini
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Ashwathi's Grand Father
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arhatha emerged during Kerala's peak union militancy, reflecting real textile worker strikes that defined 1980s labor politics.
Mohanlal performed his own factory machine scenes after two weeks training with actual mill workers — the calluses were real.
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