This poster is from Shaji N. Karun's 1989 drama film Piravi, which was made in the Malayalam language. Premji, Archana, and Lakshmi Krishnamurthy are its main actors. The movie is based on the life of professor T. V. Eachara Warrier, whose son was a student at the Regional Engineering College in Calicut and was slain by police while being held during the 1976 National Emergency Period. The soundtrack for the movie was written by G. Aravindan and Mohan Sithara. When it was first released, Piravi garnered a lot of positive reviews.