

A rescue romance with a wife-shaped landmine. Malayalam cinema doesn't do simple.
When Annie meets with an accident in a forest, Shamu rescues her and she develops feelings for him. Later, she discovers that he is a married man.
Acting
Mohanlal's shifty magnetism makes you root for the wrong guy.
Direction
I V Sasi turns a forest into a pressure cooker of desire.
Cinematography
Greenery so lush it feels complicit in the deception.

Director
I V Sasi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1980s Malayalam cinema obsessed with 'the other woman' as moral testing ground for male protagonists. Anuragi sits right in that uncomfortable tradition.
I V Sasi and Mohanlal made 30+ films together; this mid-period collaboration captures their creative friction at peak melodrama.