Yakshi – Faithfully Yours is a 2012 Malayalam romantic fantasy film written and directed by debutant Abhiram Suresh Unnithan, son of veteran Malayalam director Suresh Unnithan. The film features new faces in the lead roles. The main characters of the film are inspired from the Malayalam mythology work Aithihyamala. The film was released on 14 December 2012.
Plot
The classic mythological symbol of lust Naga-Yakshi, who comes down to earth on gandharva yamam and mates with virgin boys and kills them straight away after having her orgasm. Nagayakshi is a celestial creature of lust who comes to Earth, mates with virginal men and kills them after she orgasms. Things take a turn when she falls in love with two mortal non-virginal men.
Cast
Faizal as vishnu bhattathiri/ unni
Avanthika Mohan as nagayakshi
Ved as Jithu
Akhil Devan as Kishore
Shivakumar as Inspector Mukunda Raman
Parvathy Nair as Meenakshi
Manoj Madhusoodanan
Likhiya Jamal as Shreya
Vishnu Manohar
Ambika as Unni's mother
Devan as Appan thampuran
Production
Yakshi – Faithfully Yours is an experimental film dealing with real time film making. The film presents the title character of Yakshi as the one who is not to be looked upon with fear or horror, but with emotions and feelings. The film started its shooting in Olappamanna Mana on 16 January 2012.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of Yakshi – Faithfully Yours includes four major tracks composed by debutant Aravind Chandrasekhar, with lyrics from veteran poet Devadas and debutant M. T. Pradeep Kumar and one OST track from the band ''Downtroddence'.