''Kannum Karalum'' () is a 1962 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

-language film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan, produced by A. K. Balasubramaniam under the banner of ''Saravanabhava Pictures''. The film stars Sathyan,

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and

Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali l ...

, while

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and debutant

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play supporting roles. It was about a child Babu (Kamal Haasan) writing letters to his mother who he thought was in heaven. ''Kannum Karalum'' was released on 28 September 1962. It was also a box office success and had a theatrical run of 100 days. The film was based on the story of

K. T. Muhammed K. T. Muhammed (29 September 1927 – 25 March 2008), popularly known as KT, was a Malayalam playwright and screenwriter. He had scripted about 40 stage plays, including ''Idhu Bhumiyanu'' (''This is the Earth''), considered to be his masterpie ...

, who also wrote the script and dialogues. The music for the film was composed by

M. B. Sreenivasan Manamadurai Balakrishnan Sreenivasan (19 September 1925 – 9 March 1988), or MBS, was a South Indian music director who worked mainly in the Malayalam and Tamil film industries. He was born to an orthodox Tamil Brahmin family on 19 Septe ...

, with lyrics written by

Vayalar Ramavarma Vayalar Ramavarma (March 25, 1928 – October 27, 1975), also known as Vayalar, was an Indian poet and lyricist of Malayalam language. He was known for his poems which include ''Sargasangeetham'', ''Mulankaadu'', ''Padamudrakal'', ''Aayisha'' a ...

Plot

Cast

* Sathyan as Mohan *

as Babu *

as Sarala *

Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai (1900–1979) was a Malayalam dramatist, poet, screen play writer and actor who was well known in the role of Ashaan in Kavyamela. He was born in 1900 in Muthukulam, a small village near Haripad in Alappuzha District ...

as Gopalan Nair, Sarala's father. *

Baby Vinodini Vinodini Sasimohan is the Chief Administrative Officer of Viswa Kala Kendra, Thiruvananthapuram, India. She was a child artist in Malayalam cinema. Her role as Goddess Devi Kanya Kumari in the film ''Devi Kanyakumari'' was noteworthy. She is th ...

as Indira, (dual role child Babu and Indira) *

S. P. Pillai S. P. Pillai (28 November 1913 – 12 June 1985) was an Indian film and stage actor, best known for his comic roles in Malayalam films. Biography S. Pankajakshan Pillai alias S. P. Pillai was born in 1913 in the temple town of Ettumanoor in ...

Production

The film was based on the story of

, who also wrote the script and dialogues. This was the first Malayalam film of

, he played Sathyan's son. It also debut Malayalm film of producer A. K. Balasubramaniam.

was a child artist when she did this film and she did a dual role as the teenaged Babu and Indira. The climax scenes of this film was shot on the top of the Sreenarayana Guru memorial at

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, Sivagiri.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and lyrics were written by

Latha Raju Latha Raju (born 25 June 1951) is an Indian film singer and actress in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. Some of her popular Malayalam songs are "Pinchu Hridayam Devalayam" and "Manjakkilee Swarnakkilee Mayilppeelikkaattile Varnakkilee" from the ...

worked her second movie of this film as playback singer.

Release and reception

''Kannum Karalum'' was released on 28 September 1962. The film was distributed by P. K. Kaimal under the banner of ''Thirumeni Pictures'' and the film was commercial success. The distributors who saw the film in

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

predicted the film would not run successfully, as there was no romantic interest for the lead actor in it. Despite this, it ran for 100 days. Even in

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, where Malayalam films never ran, it ran for 50 days. Jaycey Foundation chairman and film producer ''J.J. Kuttikkattu'' had conduct an event to celebrated the 50th anniversary of this film.

References

External links

* {{K. S. Sethumadhavan 1960s Malayalam-language films 1962 films Films directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan Indian avant-garde and experimental films Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram Films scored by M. B. Sreenivasan