Gajakesariyogam

Ayyappan Nair, a mahout, wants to own an elephant. He takes a loan to buy an elephant, however, trouble brews when he is unable to repay it. K. P. A. C. Lalitha shot for this film in along with another film by her husband . Innocent plays a Malayali man who learns Hindi in this film. Innocent went on to play a Hindi-speaking politician in (1991). The film explores the bond between a man and an elephant. This bond is seen in other films, such as (2006). A scene in the film was based on an incident in the unreleased Malayalam film . The incident revolved around an art director who was scared of the elephant and started moving after the director called action although the elephant and the mahout did not move. The soundtrack of the film was composed by and the lyrics were written by . The film features two songs and one of which is “Aanachantham” with Innocent and the elephant. It is one of the “cutest songs of Mollywood” according to the . In a review of the film in December 2021, Silpa Rajan of opined that “The movie is absolutely engaging, entertaining, and heartwarming and also lays out the problems faced by naïve and gold-hearted people who step foot [ ] into the uncharted waters of business”. The scenes where Mukesh’s character teaches Innocent’s character Hindi became famous.