''Aattakalasam'' () is a 1983 Indian

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film directed by

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, written by Salim Cherthala, and produced by Joy Thomas. The film stars

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, and

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. The film features music composed by

Raveendran Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ രവീന്ദ്രൻ ), (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as ''Raveendran Master'', was a popular South Indian music composer an ...

. ''Aattakalasam'' was a blockbuster at the box office.

Plot

Balachandran is a respected police officer and devout family man to his wife Indu and their three little children. He also has a younger brother Babu, a young doctor who loves his brother and sister-in-law more than anything. Their house caretaker is Kumaran, a changed double-homicide convict, who stands as the manifestation of Balachandran's gentle heart. Together they lead a happy life. One evening, Babu meets his gang of friends who urge him to go to a bar, on their insistence he drinks alcohol for the first time. The drunk gang enjoys a cabaret at the bar, Babu gets seduced by the dancer. An inebriated Babu returns home late night and chances upon Indu, who reminds him of the sensual exotic dancer, and forcibly grabs her. Babu gets back to his senses when she slaps him. Balachandran arrives and sees him leaving the room and Indu with her half stripped clothes. His rage-filled state of mind imagines his brother is having an affair with his wife, thereby throwing Babu out of his house. Ashamed at his actions, Babu sits alone nearby a carnival location, where he is found by Marykutty and her mother when Babu saves Marykutty from a local goon named Rappayi. Taking him as a vagabond, they invite him to their village. Babu finds solace in a their seaside fishing village. Marykutty has a crush for Babu. Her brother Josekutty and Babu become good friends. At the village, he develops a reputation as a doctor and opens a clinic. It irks Dr. Rajappan who was the sole doctor there. He and Rappayi form a pact to defame Babu. They execute several ideas but fail. Meanwhile, Balachandran's uncle, aunt and their daughter Usha come to their home to stay for few days. He completely ignores Indu and children and even doubts his youngest son's biological father could be Babu. To save his reputation, he has not revealed their issue to anyone else and allows them to stay in the house but stays poles apart. Knowing there's some issue between them, uncle, aunt and Usha scheme to take advantage of the situation, Usha is taken with luring Balachandran and she succeeds. Balachandran mistreats and humiliates Indu in every way possible and openly flirts with Usha. Babu is ambushed by Rappayi, Rajappan and fellow goons, he gets fatally stabbed. Rappayi is

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to death by the villagers and Babu is hospitalised. Balachandran realises his mistake when he figures out that the girl and her mother were only after his money, and patches things up with Indu after reading a letter from Babu revealing what actually happened on that night. Their happiness is short-lived, as Babu dies peacefully with Balachandran and Indu by his side, knowing that his mistake is finally undone.

Cast

as Dr. Santhosh Babu, a young physician *

as S.P C. K. Balachandran

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, Babu's elder brother *

as Indu, Balachandran's wife *

Sukumari Sukumari Amma (6 October 1940 – 26 March 2013) was an Indian actress best known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning more than five decades, She has appeared in more than 2500 films predominantly in Malayalam, Tam ...

as Ammayi *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

as Josekutty *

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as Madhava Kurup, uncle *

V. D. Rajappan Velikuzhiyil Devadasan Rajappan (വി. ഡി. രാജപ്പൻ) was an Indian actor in Malayalam movies . He was a popular Kadhaprasangam artist in Kerala. He was born in Kottayam, Kerala. He was known for his inventive style in stand-up ...

as Dr. V. D. Rajappan *

Achankunju Achankunju ( ml, അച്ചൻകുഞ്ഞ്) (1930 - 16 January 1987) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the 1980s, mainly portraying villainous roles. He acted in more than 50 films in Malayalam. Backgrou ...

as Kumaran, house caretaker * Anuradha as Usha, Kurup's daughter *

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as Marykutty *

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as Fisherman *

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as Marykutty's mother *

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as Naniyamma, house maid *

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as Rappayi, a local goon *

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as Indu's father *

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as Cabaret dancer *

M. G. Soman M. G. Soman (28 September 1941 – 12 December 1997) was an Indian actor and former Indian Air Force officer who appeared in Malayalam films. He was one among the leading star actors doing hero roles in Malayalam Cinema during the late 1970s an ...

as C.I Vijayan (Cameo appearance) *

Cochin Haneefa Muhammed Haneefa (22 April 1951 – 2 February 2010), better known by his stage name Cochin Haneefa, was an Indian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on to ...

as Kuttappan (Cameo appearance) *

as Vikas, Babu's friend (Cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by

Poovachal Khader Poovachal Khader (25 December 1948 – 22 June 2021) was a Malayalam lyricist from Kerala who worked mainly in Malayalam film industry. His first movie as a lyricist was ''Kaattuvithachavan'' (1973) but his first released movie was ''Chuzhi'' ( ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0214500 1983 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films based on Malayalam novels