In the recent Mollywood release Mizhi Thurakkoo directed by Santosh Souparnika, actress Sruthi Lakshmi plays Savithri, an upper caste woman from the olden times. Ex minister K B Ganesh Kumar acts as a lower caste man, Chaathan, in the film. In a recent interview, Sruthi Lakshmi said that it is Ganesh Kumar who told her first about the film and its powerful character.
The film is inspired from poet Kumaranasan’s
Duravastha.