Vaishali

In the kingdom of Angarajyam, the kings lack of respect towards a Brahmin visitor results in a curse that brings drought and suffering for twelve years, leading the king to seek the help of a young sage, Rishyashringa, who falls for a girl named Vaishali, but ultimately realizes his mistake and focuses on his spiritual path, while Vaishali sacrifices her identity and assists in the successful ritual to bring rain to the kingdom, only to be betrayed by the king who breaks his promise to accept Vaishali as his daughter and marry her to Rishyashringa, leaving her devastated and alone. Vaishali is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language Musical Drama film featuring Suparna Anand, Sanjay Mitra, V. K. Sreeraman, Babu Antony, Nedumudi Venu, Geetha Vasan and Jayalalitha. Chandrakanth Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Atlas Ramachandran. Vaishali is written by M.t. Vasudevan Nair and M. T. Vasudevan Nair and it is directed by Bg Bharathan. Chandrakanth Films acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Vaishali was released on 26th August 1988. The film made a box office gross of ₹1 crore. Cinematography was done by Madhu Ambat and editing by Bharathan. The music was composed by Ravi.