''Ente Upasana'' is a 1984

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film, directed by

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, written by

Thoppil Bhasi Thoppil Bhaskara Pillai, known as Thoppil Bhasi (8 April 1924 – 8 December 1992) was an Indian Malayalam-language playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He was associated with the communist movement in Kerala and his play '' Ningalenne ...

, starring

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and Suhasini. The film is based on the award-winning novel ''Upasana'' by Mallika Yunis. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Karpoora Deepam'' (2012) starring Murali Mohan, Suhasini and

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. The film was a commercial success.

Plot

Lathika is a working single mother of a son named Jagadish. Her flashback reveals a happy life in her village with her widowed mother and her cousin Sreekumar, his parents, her uncle, aunt and their grandmother. She is in love with her cousin who works in the Gulf and they are engaged to be married. Sreekumar leaves for the Gulf after a trip back home, and Lathika waits for the day of his return and their impending marriage. Arjunan, a close friend's brother on a fateful rainy day drives Lathika home in his car, but the former can not control his feelings and hence rapes her. Lathika becomes pregnant. She moves to a big city to give birth to the child, and her mother passes away due to the shock. Back to the present, Lathika meets Arjunan, who is now her boss. She and her best friend live together in a hostel. One day Lathika's son contracts fever and is hospitalised. He is moved from the common ward to a private room by Arjunan. Latikha rushes to the room and is taken aback to see first Arjunan and later his mother arrive to take care of her son. One day by chance her ex-lover (cousin) Sreekumar finds out about Lathika's tribulations after he left for the Gulf, and in anger he beats up Arjunan. Sreekumar apologizes to Lathika and asks her to attend his own wedding. Lathika returns to her hometown and reunites with her aunt and grandmother. She is visited by Arjunan in her hometown and finally they live together as a family with her son.

Cast

as Arjunan * Suhasini as Lathika * Nahas Shah as Sreekumar, Lathika's cousin * Nedumudi Venu as Lathika's uncle *

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as Lekha * Meena Joseph as Arjunan's mother *

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as Gauri, Lathika's aunt * Cochin Hanifa as Doctor *

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as Arjunan's sister

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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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

* {{Bharathan 1984 films 1984 drama films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Bharathan Films based on Indian novels Films with screenplays by Thoppil Bhasi Films scored by Johnson Malayalam films remade in other languages Films based on Malayalam novels