Vaisali (film)

Vaishali
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBharathan
Written byM. T. Vasudevan Nair
Produced byAtlas Ramachandran
StarringSuparna Anand
Sanjay Mitra
V. K. Sreeraman
Ashokan
Geetha
Babu Antony
Nedumudi Venu
CinematographyMadhu Ambat
Edited byBharathan
Music byRavi
Production
company
Chandrakanth Films
Distributed byChandrakanth Films
Release date
  • 25 December 1989 (1989-12-25)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box office1 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.