Andhagara Nazhi

അന്ധകാരനഴി

Author:

E. Santhosh Kumar is one of the leading contemporary Malayalam
writers. He has won nu
merous awards, including that of Kerala Sahithya
Academy.

Brief Note:

‘Shivan’ he is a communist, he also called ‘Pavithran’. ‘Kambanam Lasar’, poet
‘Shreenivasan’ and a workshop owner are some helpers of Shivan to preserve him
from police men. Because he was a criminal in a murder case. Police men were
searching arrest him. They were meticulous to protect him from hands of police.
He was a fighter against feudal system in ‘Kangazha’.
The police are looking for ‘Shivan’ on that case of murder a landlord. Then, that
comrade migrate to an island called ‘Pullani’. On the duration of his island stay
arrested ‘Chitra Bhanu’ and poet ‘Shreenivasan’ who hide him from police men
after that murder. Two police man hurt ‘Shreenivasan’ and kill him because of
some personal enmity and revenges.
At the same time, his wife ‘Shakuntala’ looking for her husband ‘Shreenivasan’,
between this wandering she loses their boy ‘Shashi’ by reporting a strange
disease. After that incident she avoid the searching. The landlords and police men
prohibit the magazine ‘Mukthipadham’ in public, and end the issues of that
monthly. ‘Shivan’ continued in his life span as an accountant. At last his son
‘Shashi’ dedicated the police constables as bitter enemies.

Special Notes:

Communism is a main theme and topic in Malayalam literature especially, in
novels. Also, it spread in Malayalam movies.