Chemparathy
| Chemparathy | |
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| Directed by | P. N. Menon |
| Written by | Malayattoor Ramakrishnan |
| Produced by | S. Krishnan Nair |
| Starring | Madhu Raghavan Roja Ramani Sudheer |
| Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
| Edited by | Ravi Kiran |
| Music by | Devarajan |
Production company | New India Films |
| Distributed by | Thirumeni Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Chemparathy (English: Hibiscus) is a 1972 Malayalam film directed by P. N. Menon and written by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan.[1][2] It was produced by S. K. Nair (S. Krishnan Nair), a famous literary personality and the founder of Malayalanadu weekly. It stars Madhu along with newcomers Roja Ramani, Raghavan and Sudheer in major roles. The film was an adaptation of Malayattoor's short story "Lodge". Bharathan made his cinematic debut as art director with the film.
The film won two Filmfare Awards South & Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film in 1972.[3] It was a notable critical and commercial success upon release. The film was remade in Tamil as Paruva Kaalam in 1974 [4] with Roja Ramani repeating her role and Kamal Haasan playing the male lead and also in Telugu as Kanne Vayasu.
Plot summary[]
Santha (Roja Ramani) is a cheerful girl who is working in a lodge as a sweeper. She is favourite to everyone in the lodge. Dinesh (Raghavan) is in love with this girl. But one day Santha is found dead in the nearby well. Police start investigation and at first arrest Balachandran (Madhu) as suspect. But later Dinesh confess to police that Rajappan (Sudheer), a rich guy living in this same lodge is the reason for Santha’s death. Rajappan raped Santha and when she become pregnant he killed her. After Santha’s death her memories haunt Dinesh and he kills Rajappan and surrender to police .
Cast[]
- Madhu as Balachandran
- Raghavan as Dinesh
- Roja Ramani as Santha
- Sudheer as Rajappan
- Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Sankaran
- Rani Chandra
- Adoor Bhavani as Santha's mother
- Sankaradi
- Adoor Bhasi as Bhasi
- Bahadoor
- Kuthiravattom Pappu
- Paravoor Bharathan
- Balan K. Nair
- Janardhanan
- Radhamani
- Sudharma
- Pathma
- P. O. Thomas
- Pathiyil Madhavan (guest)
- Vaidyar K. R. Velappan Pillai
Soundtrack[]
All lyrics are written by Vayalar Ramavarma; all music is composed by G. Devarajan.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Chakravarthini Ninakku" | K. J. Yesudas | |
| 2. | "Chakravarthini Ninakku" | P. Madhuri | |
| 3. | "Sharanamayyappaa Swamee" | K. J. Yesudas | |
| 4. | "Kunukkitta Kozhi" | P. Madhuri | |
| 5. | "Ambaadi Thannilorunni" | P. Madhuri | |
| 6. | "Poove Polipoove" | P. Madhuri, Chorus | |
| 7. | "Chakravarthini Ninakku" (Bit) | P. Madhuri | |
| 8. | "Ambaadi Thannilorunni" (Pathos) | P. Madhuri |
Awards[]
- Filmfare Awards South - 1972[5]
- Best Film - Malayalam - S. K. Nair
- Best Actress - Malayalam - Roja Ramani, before the film release her screen name is Shobhana.
References[]
- ^ "Chemparathy-Movie Details". malayalachalachithram. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "ചെമ്പരത്തി-വിശദവിവരങ്ങൾ". മലയാളസംഗീതം. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Kerala State Film Awards" Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ അന്ന് ഇന്ന് (17 September 1986). "കമൽ ഒരു പ്രതിഭാസം". Chalachithram.
- ^ "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1973.
External links[]
- Chemparathy at IMDb
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- Malayalam-language films
- Indian films
- Works by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
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- Malayalam films remade in other languages
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