Inheritors of the Earth) is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by T. V. Chandran based on the novel of the same name by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.

The film was produced by Anand Kumar under the banner of Yes Cinema and it was mainly shot in Nelliyampathi, Ottappalam and Shoranur in Kerala.

[2] Bhoomiyude Avakashikal tells the story of Mohanachandran Nair, who is driven away from Ahmadabad following the Gujarat riots and who eventually loses his job and even his identity and ultimately lands up in a secluded house in Kerala, in the company of insects and animals with whom he shares his thoughts, concerns, doubts and frustrations.

On 28 February 2002, a day after the Godhra train burning, he is driven away from the city, after he makes a futile attempt to save a Muslim woman hunted by a group of Hindu fanatics.

In the new place, he is helped by a man called Beeran Ikka, who is a warm and gentle human being, whose only passion in life is music.

He starts living a peaceful life there by sharing his thoughts, concerns, doubts and frustrations with various kinds of animals around him.

Finally, he finds a place devoid of humans, in a dilapidated house in the middle of a vast compound, amongst all forms of flora and fauna.

[3] Venkiteswaran notes that Bhoomiyude Avakashikal is "perhaps the first Malayalam film that leaves the human and the anthropocentric narration behind, and explores the realm of the non-human."

In fact, the title draws not only from Basheer but also from the Red Indian Chief who told the American President that they are the real inheritors of the earth.

[7] She opted out citing busy schedules and the role was later given to Mythili,[8] while veteran actor Shankar played a cameo.

[1] Bhoomiyude Avakashikal commenced its production in June 2012 and the film was shot mainly from Nelliyampathi,[5] Ottappalam and Shoranur in Kerala.

[10] Chandran says, "To shoot this film, I really had to search all over Kerala to find a vast and bio-diverse compound with all our common flora and fauna.

Though it was very common a few decades ago, it has totally vanished with human habitation taking over our earth, driving out all other organisms and life forms.

Replying to a query during the 'Meet the Directors' programme at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), Chandran described how difficult it was to get a tortoise look right or left as the script required.