''Kaliyil Alpam Karyam'' is a 1984 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

-language film directed by

Sathyan Anthikad Sathyan Anthikad is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 50 films, been the lyricist for 12 films and been the scriptwriter ...

, starring

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically app ...

, Neelima, Rahman,

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 decades ...

and Lizy in the lead roles. The film was shot in different parts of Ernakulam district. The village Manikulangara in the film was shot in various parts of Muvattupuzha.

Plot

Vinayan

comes from a rich family, but he cannot stand modern lifestyle. His brother babu( Rahman) spends time dancing at clubs, his sister Kalpana( Lizy) always listens to the radio, and his parents are always busy. He gets tired of life in the city and moves to a village, taking a small job as a village extentsion officer. There, he falls in love with a village girl Radha( Neelima), but she is just the opposite of Vinayan and she wants to enjoy the luxurious life in a city. Vinayan marries Radha without he consent of his parents. When his parents know about the same, they soon take him to city. Radha with her parents and Vinayan's brother Babu reaches the city and soon she lives in the house as their daughter in law. But now Vinayan finds that his wife is only interested in luxurious life and not much in him. He directs her to accompany him to village where he works. But she refuses and soon they part. Vinayan continues in the village, while his wife continues in the city. After a while, she understands that her village life was far better and returns to her own village and the couple reunites.

Cast

as Vinu / Vinayan * Bhuvana/Neelima in Stage as Radha *

Bahadoor Padiyath Kochumoideen Kunjalu (1930 22 May 2000), known by his stage name Bahadoor, was an Indian actor and comedian who, along with Adoor Bhasi, redefined the way in which comedy and funny scenes were perceived in the Malayalam cinema. They ...

as Rarichan Nair * Sankaradi as Sankaran Nair *Meena as Lekshmi Nair *

as Vaasunni * Rahman as Babu *

K. P. Ummer Kachinamthoduka Puthiyapurayil Ummer known as K. P. Ummer (Malayalam: കെ.പി. ഉമ്മർ) was an Indian actor from Thekkepuram quarter of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was active in the Malayalam cinema from early sixties until late ...

* Sukumari as Leela * Lizy as Kalpana *

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...

as a drunk neighbour *

Mala Aravindan Mala Aravindan (15 January 1939 – 28 January 2015) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his work as a comedian and character artist in Malayalam films. He has acted in over 500 films. Early life He was born in Vadavucode, Ernakulam d ...

as Shankarankutty *Thrissur Elsy *Master Aravind/M. P. Ramnath * Kunchan as Kochukuttan, Vaasunni's friend

Soundtrack

The music was 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 a ...

and the lyrics were written by

Sathyan Anthikkad Sathyan Anthikad is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 50 films, been the lyricist for 12 films and been the scriptwriter f ...

References

External links

* 1980s Malayalam-language films 1980s romance films Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad Indian romance films {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub