With Fire as Witness) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language psychological drama film directed by K. Balachander, starring Sivakumar and Saritha.
Kannamma is an innocent and brilliant woman with classical music and Tamil literacy knowledge as she loves Bharathiyar poems.
Aravindan runs a dance school and one of the students Anandhi is in love with him - which he doesn't reciprocate.
Left with no choice, Aravindan agrees to divorce her, but drops that plan after he learns that she is pregnant.
Kannamma's thinks she will deliver a girl child, and she hints wanting to kill her fetus to avoid her daughter being abused by the society.
She meets her ailing mother in law during a hospital visit, who blames Kannamma for her separating her from her own son.
Ultimately, Kannamma dies during childbirth and doctors are unable to diagnose any medical reason for her death.
The script of Agni Sakshi was originally planned with Kamal Haasan but later changed into female oriented, with Sivakumar and Saritha cast.