''Chemparathy'' () is a 1972

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-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

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along with newcomers Roja Ramani, Raghavan and

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in major roles. The film was an adaptation of Malayattoor's short story ''Lodge''. Noted filmmaker

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made his cinematic debut as an

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in the film. The film was a notable critical and commercial success upon release. The film won two awards at the inaugural

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for Best Film - Malayalam and Best Actress - Malayalam. The film also won one Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film. The film was remade in Tamil as ''

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'' in 1974 with Roja Ramani repeating her role and

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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 (

) 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

as Balachandran * Raghavan as Dinesh * Roja Ramani as Santha *

as Rajappan * Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Sankaran * Rani Chandra * Adoor Bhavani as Santha's mother *

Sankaradi Chandrashekaran Menon, better known by his screen name Sankaradi (14 July 1924 – 8 October 2001), was an Indian actor. He was a veteran Malayalam comedian and character artist, who had over 700 Malayalam films to his credit. He dominated the ...

* Adoor Bhasi as Bhasi * Bahadoor * Kuthiravattom Pappu * Paravoor Bharathan *

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* Janardhanan * Radhamani * Sudharma * Pathma * P. O. Thomas * Pathiyil Madhavan (guest) * Vaidyar K. R. Velappan Pillai

Soundtrack

Awards

Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry encompassing ...

* Best Film - Malayalam - S. K. Nair * Best Actress - Malayalam - Roja Ramani, before the film released her screen name was ''Shobhana''.

Kerala State Film Awards The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

* Second Best Film - S. K. Nair and P. N. Menon

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0240407 Works by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan 1970s Malayalam-language films Films shot in Kollam Malayalam films remade in other languages Films directed by P. N. Menon (director)