The Brahminy kite) is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language horror film directed by A. Vincent and written by P. V. Thampi based on his novel Krishna Parunthu.

The family is widely respected for their ability to revive near-dead people due to venomous snake bites using the sacred water through invoking Garuda.

Pappu, who is the current magician of the family, foresees his death and decides to transfer all his knowledge to his nephew Kumaran Thampi.

Kumaran, whose only interest is wine and women reluctantly accepts the decision, as the magician must vow to maintain extreme celibacy.

Thus Kumaran becomes the next magician of the locality famous for curing snake bites and warding off evil spirits.

Soon Kumaran loses control over his emotions and breaks his Brahmacharya by having sex with Meenakshi, a local prostitute.

As he broke his celibacy vows, he can't invoke Garuda anymore and loses much of his magical powers.

One night, she enters the outbuilding by breaking the magical barriers, mistaking Lakshmikutty as a normal woman.

A desperate Kumaran decides to stop worshipping Lord Garuda and the family goddess completely and becomes the disciple of his relative Kunjambu, another black magician, and Kumaran begins worshipping Varthali, the negative spirit of the boar-headed Goddess Varahi.

The greedy Kumaran rushes to the palace forgetting the warning from Kunajambu, that as a devotee of Varthali, he forfeits his right to worship all other Devas, including Garuda.