Chemparathy (transl. Hibiscus) is a 1972 Malayalam-language film directed by P. N. Menon and written by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan.[1] 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.[2] Noted filmmaker Bharathan made his cinematic debut as an art director in the film.
| Chemparathy | |
|---|---|
 Poster designed by Bharathan | |
| 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 |
The film was a notable critical and commercial success upon release. The film won two awards at the Filmfare Awards South for Best Film - Malayalam and Best Actress - Malayalam. The film also won one Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film.[3] The film was remade in Tamil as Paruva Kaalam in 1974 with Roja Ramani repeating her role and Kamal Haasan playing the male lead and also in Telugu as Kanne Vayasu.[4]
Plot
editSantha is a cheerful girl who is working in a lodge as a sweeper. She is favourite to everyone in the lodge. Dinesh 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 as suspect. But later Dinesh confess to police that Rajappan, 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
edit- 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
editAll 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
edit- Best Film - Malayalam - S. K. Nair[5]
- Best Actress - Malayalam - Roja Ramani, before the film released her screen name was Shobhana.[5]
References
edit- ^ "ചെമ്പരത്തി-വിശദവിവരങ്ങൾ". മലയാളസംഗീതം. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ Vijayakumar, B. (30 October 2016). "Chembarathi: 1972". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1973.
- ^ " official website of INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATION DEPARTMENT OF KERALA ". 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
External links
edit- Chemparathy at IMDb