Maaya (1972 film)
| Maaya | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ramu Kariat |
| Written by | K.Surendran |
| Produced by | T. E. Vasudevan for Jaya Maruthi |
| Starring | Prem Nazir Sharada Sujatha Vijayasree Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair Sankaradi K. P. Ummer |
| Cinematography | Balu Mahendra |
| Edited by | BS Mani |
| Music by | V. Dakshinamoorthy |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Maaya is a 1972 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Ramu Kariat for Jaya Maruthi starring Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair in the lead role.[1][2] Prem Nazir and Sharada also plays pivotal roles, supported by Vijayasree, Sujatha, Sankaradi and T. R. Omana playing other important roles. The film was based on an award-winning 1963 novel with the same name by popular novelist K Surendran[3]
Plot
Sankarappillai (Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair) is the local business man who runs grocery shop in the village center. He also owns the little textile shop of the village which his son Raghuvaran Pillai (Adoor Bhasi) operates. Sankarappillai's family also includes his second wife Eeswari (T. R. Omana) and daughter Gomathy (Sharada). Sankarappillai is separated from his first wife Kalyani (Adoor Bhavani) but visits and supports his daughter Omana in the first marriage.
Gomathy is in love with Madhavankutty (Prem Nazir) an educated but unemployed young man. Sankarappillai and Eeswary also encourages their relation. Madhavankutty takes up job in a news paper in the town. Raghu wishes to expand the textile business, Madhavankutty introduces Raghu and Sankarappillai to his old classmate Vasukkutty (K. P. Ummer). Vasukkutty's uncle Pankippillai(GK Pillai) run a bigger textile shop in the town. Though two head-strong men clashes at first Pankippillai agrees to loan textiles worth Rs 30,000 to Sankarappillai. Vasukkutty meets Gomathy during a business visit to Sankarappillai's home and falls head over heals for the beautiful girl. Seeking business advantage Sankarappillai decides to arrange Gomathy's wedding with Vasukkutty leaving a heart broken Madhavankutty resort to writing.
Sankarappillai's calculations fails when Pankippillai refuses to honor the loan arrangement even after wedding. In the mean time, relation slowly develops between Madhavankutty and Omana. Raghu falls in love with Vasukkutty's sister Kamalam (Vijayasree). Gomathy and Vasukkutty visits Sankarapillai with this proposal. Sankarappillai agrees with the condition of Rs 10,000 as dowry from Pankippillai. During the wedding arrangements, Sankarappillai visits Pankippillai and demands the dowry beforehand. This angers Pankippillai who refuses to give the money. This cancels the wedding and angers Vasukkutty.
The rest of the story is Sankarappillai's fall clashing with his own family.
Cast
- Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair as Sankarappillai
- Prem Nazir as Madhavankutty
- Sharada as Gomathy
- K. P. Ummer as Vasukkutty
- Adoor Bhasi as Raghuvaran Pillai a.k.a. Raghu
- Vijayasree as Kamalam
- Sujatha as Omana
- Sankaradi as Veluppillai
- T. R. Omana as Eeswari
- Paul Vengola as Anthony Muthukulam
- Raghavan Pilla as Beedi Maker
- Adoor Bhavani as Kalyani
- GK Pillai as Pankippillai
- Paravoor Bharathan as Mute
- Sadhana
- Thodupuzha Radhakrishnan as Kumaran
Songs
This film has popular songs written by Sreekumaran Thampi and composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy.
References
- ^ Bibekananda Ray; Naveen Joshi (1 January 2005). Conscience of the Race: India's Offbeat Cinema. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 110. ISBN 978-81-230-1298-8.
- ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 618. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.
- ^ "Maaya Film Details". malayalachalachithram. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
