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Wikipedia article
'Chemparathy' is a 1972 Malayalam-language film directed by P. N. Menon and written by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan. 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'. Noted filmmaker Bharathan made his cinematic debut as an art director in the film.
The film was a notable critical and commercial success upon release. The film won two awards at the inaugural Filmfare Awards South for Best Film - Malayalam and Best Actress - Malayalam. The film also won one Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film.[http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm "Kerala State Film Awards"] . Retrieved 17 March 2011. 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'.
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 Santhas death. Rajappan raped Santha and when she become pregnant he killed her. After Santhas 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
Awards
Filmfare Awards South
*Best Film - Malayalam - S. K. Nair*Best Actress - Malayalam - Roja Ramani, before the film released her screen name was 'Shobhana'.
Kerala State Film Awards
* Second Best Film - S. K. Nair and P. N. Menon
References
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