Chemparathy
| Chembarathi | |
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| File:Chembarathi film.jpg | |
| Directed by | P. N. Menon |
| Written by | Malayattoor Ramakrishnan |
| Produced by | S. Krishnan Nair |
| Starring | Madhu Shobhana (Roja Ramani) Raghavan 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 |
Chembarathi (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.
It was a notable critical and commercial success upon release. The film was remade in Tamil as Paruva Kaalam in 1974 [3] with Roja Ramani repeating her role and Kamal Haasan playing the male lead and also in Telugu as Kanne Vayasu.
Cast
- Madhu as Balachandran
- Shobhana (Roja Ramani) as Santha
- Raghavan as Dinesh
- 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
Sound track
The film sound track album has 8 songs written by Vayalar Ramavarma and composed by G. Devarajan.
- Chakravarthini Ninakku ... KJ Yesudas
- Chakravarthini Ninakku ... P Madhuri
- Sharanamayyappaa Swamee ... KJ Yesudas
- Kunukkitta Kozhi ... P Madhuri
- Ambaadi Thannilorunni ... P Madhuri
- Poove Polipoove ... P Madhuri, Chorus
- Chakravarthini Ninakku [Bit] ... P Madhuri
- Ambaadi Thannilorunni (Bit - Sad) ... P Madhuri
References
- ^ "Chembarathi-Movie Details". malayalachalachithram. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "ചെമ്പരത്തി-വിശദവിവരങ്ങൾ". മലയാളസംഗീതം. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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External links
- Chemparathy at IMDb
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