Sarapancharam

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This article is about a Malayalam movie. For the Kannada movie, see Sharapanjara.

Sarapancharam
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Poster
Directed byHariharan
Screenplay byHariharan
Story byMalayattoor Ramakrishnan
Produced byG. P. Balan
StarringJayan
Sheela
Sathaar, Latha
CinematographyMelli Irani
Edited byV. P. Krishnan
Music byDevarajan
Distributed byAngel Films
Release date
  • 28 October 1979 (1979-10-28)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Sarapancharam (transl. Bed of arrows) is a 1977 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Hariharan from a story by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan. It stars Jayan, Sheela, and Sathaar, Latha with P. K. Abraham and Oduvil Unnikrishnan in supporting roles.[1] Jayan played the main villain in the film. It was also one of the first notable films of Oduvil Unnikrishnan.[2] It was a breakthrough film in Jayan's career.

The story line of the film is loosely based on D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover, though there are significant differences in plot and characterization.[3] The film was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of 1977.[4]

Plot[]

The story concerns a young married woman, Soudamini (Sheela), whose upper-class husband (P.K. Abraham) has been paralyzed and rendered impotent. Living with her old husband she likes the servant, Chandrasekharan (Jayan). And She eventually marries him but later discovers that he has had relationship with many ladies and he aimed only at her wealth. She and her only daughter Baby (Latha)(born from her first husband) are helpless as they are not able to put him out of their lives. Later, a young man named Prabhakaran, who is the son of an ex-servant of Soudamini, enters their life and helps them to get rid of Chandrasekharan. In the climax, Chandrasekharan is shot dead by Soudamini.

Cast[]

  • Jayan as Chandrasekharan
  • Sheela as Saudamini
  • Sathaar as Prabhakaran
  • as Saudaminis Husband
  • Nellikkodu Bhaskaran as Sidhayyan
  • Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Subbaiyer
  • Shankar as Baby's Friend (Guest role)
  • Baby Sumathi as Young Baby
  • Latha as Baby
  • Kottayam Shantha
  • Bhaskara Kurup as Chellappan
  • Sarath Babu as Baby's Friend (Guest role)
  • Bhavani as Malli
  • Rajan Padoor as Gopala Pilla
  • Major Stanli as Young Prabhakaran

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by G. Devarajan and the lyrics were written by Yusufali Kechery.

No. Song Singers Lyrics
1 "Ambalakkulathile" K. J. Yesudas Yusufali Kechery
2 "Malarinte Manamulla" P. Madhuri Yusufali Kechery
3 "Saaraswatha Madhuventhum" Vani Jairam Yusufali Kechery
4 "Sringaaram Virunnorukki" P. Susheela Yusufali Kechery
5 "Theyyaka Theyyaka" P. Jayachandran, P. Madhuri Yusufali Kechery

Box office[]

This film was commercial success and a breakthrough film in Jayan's career. The dialogues and body language of Jayan was well received. He began appearing in leading roles then thereafter and attained Super Star level.[5][6] This film also broke many box office records and was the highest-grossing movie ever released until another Jayan films Puthiya Velicham and Other notable movies broke it.[7][8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nostalgia- Jayan Memories"
  2. ^ "Kerala News : One man's pursuit of a native idiom in acting ends". The Hindu. 28 May 2006. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Chithrabhumi report on Jayan films" Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Anu James. "Remembering 'Kolilakkam' superstar Jayan on his 35th death anniversary". IBTimes. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Jayan's memories live on though Malayalam cinema lost its first action hero four decades ago". Malayala Manorama. 16 November 2019.
  6. ^ "ജയന്‍ തരംഗത്തിന്റെ ആരംഭം". www.mangalam.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Remembering 'Kolilakkam' superstar Jayan on his 35th death anniversary". International Business Times. 16 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Jayan death anniversary: Here are 5 much-acclaimed movies of the action hero of Malayalam cinema". The New Indian Express. 17 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Remembering Jayan: Five lesser-known facts about Malayalam cinema's first action hero!". The Times of India. 16 November 2020.

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