Vaisali (film)
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| Directed by | Bharathan |
| Written by | M. T. Vasudevan Nair |
| Produced by | Atlas Ramachandran |
| Starring | Suparna Anand Sanjay Mitra V. K. Sreeraman Ashokan Geetha Babu Antony Nedumudi Venu |
| Cinematography | Madhu Ambat |
| Edited by | Bharathan |
| Music by | Ravi |
Production company | Chandrakanth Films |
| Distributed by | Chandrakanth Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Box office | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) |
Vaisali is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language epic mythological drama film directed and edited by Bharathan. Produced by M. M. Ramachandran and scripted by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, it was an adaptation of a sub-story told by Vedavyasa to Yudhishthira in the epic Mahabharatha. It is the story of Vaisali, a devadasi girl who was assigned the mission of seducing Rishyasringa, the son of Vibhandaka and bringing him to Champapuri to perform a Yajna to bring rain.