Ennu Swantham Janakikutty

Ennu Swantham Janakikutty is a 1998 Malayalam movie written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Hariharan. The movie features debutant Jomol in the lead role.

The story revolves around JanakikuttyJomol, a ninth grade student and the challenges she faces in her everyday life. She is basically a lonely girl, who finds no peace at home and is constantly scolded by her elders or teased by her siblings and cousins. Her only companions are her grandmotherValsala Menon and her neighbor, BhaskaranSharath, whom she loved secretly.One day, when Janakikutty and her grandmother were collecting herbs in a nearby forest, she accidentally wanders of to the restricted area of the forest. Her grandmother warns her never to go there again, because it was a cursed area. She narrates the legend behind it. Years ago, that area was once occupied by a newly wed Namboothiri couple. The wife, Kunjathol, later found out that her husband was a womanizer. When she objected, her husband murdered her. Since then, Kunjathol, now a Yakshi, is believed to be haunting that place, along with her associate Karineeli, another Yakshi, intent on killing anyone and drinking their blood who passed that very area. To prove this story true, her grandmother narrated another story. Once, two men lost their way while attending a nearby festival. A young woman then came up to them and asked them if they could give her a few betel leaves to chew. To their horror, it was none other than Kunjathol herself, who then killed them and drank their blood. ........

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