to Illethu's feet for forgiveness. Unni's family, who had earlier seen him as a saviour, now saw him as the bloodied, remorseless killer. Haridas looks on as the family finishes the last rites but totally crumbles when the mother accuses him of killing her son. Haridas, not able to live with himself tries to commit suicide. As he slits his wrist, writhing in pain and remorse, Sreedevi grabs his hands, her face swimming in tears and everything else she was holding back from him. As days go by, Sreedevi joins the Medical College with Haridas sponsoring her entire education. Present day Sreedevi and Haridas arrive at the Illam. Illethu had passed away and only the mother stayed there now. The mother extends a warm welcome to them, seeing that everything has become normal. She had forgiven him. Haridas then leaves with a smile on his face. Cast Mohanlal as Dr. P. K. Haridas Thilakan as Kurup, Haridas's maternal uncle Geetha as Bhanu Parvathy as Sreedevi, Unni's sister Vineeth as Unnikrishnan, son of Illethu, brother of Sreedevi Captain Raju as Suku, the eldest son of Kurup and Haridas's elder cousin Devan as Raghu, the son who runs the medical shop Kuthiravattom Pappu as Kumaran, the medical compounder/attender. Karamana Janardanan Nair as Professor Chandrashekharan Menon, Haridas's mentor. Rajya Lakshmi as Sarada Kunjandi as Kasim Babu Namboothiri as Illethu, Unni's father Kundara Johny as Dr Rajan Thomas, the arrogant and negligent doctor. Kamala Kamesh as Geetha, Sreedevi's mother Sukumari as Lathika, Haridas's mother Manoj R.K Nair Vinodh Abu Sirkar Saudamini Baby Sheema Indhumathi Balraj Mithran Unninarayanan Vijayakumar Vineethan Lowel Deepthi as Sridevi's sister Production The film was written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Hariharan. It was their subsequent collaboration with Mohanlal and Geetha together again after Panchagni (1986). Unlike Panchagni, which was a women-oriented film, Amrutham Gamaya follows the character of Dr. Haridas played by Mohanlal. The title is derived from the lyric "mṛtyor mā amṛtaṃ gamaya" (meaning: "From death, lead me to immortality") of the Pavamana Mantra, a Hindu mantra. The film score was composed by M. B. Sreenivasan. This film does not feature any songs. Themes The movie explores the themes of guilt, depression, drug abuse, corruption, addiction, traditional Kerala family scepticisms and values and finally redemption. The title is derived from the popular shloka "Asatho Maa Sad Gamaya" "Thamaso Maa Jyothir Gamaya" "Mrithyor Maa Amritham Gamaya", which