''Karyam Nissaram'' ( en, The Matter is Simple) is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language drama film produced by Raju Mathew under the banner of Century Films and written and directed by

Balachandra Menon Balachandra Menon ( ml, ബാലചന്ദ്ര മേനോൻ) (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian actor, director and script writer. He made a number of films in the Malayalam films of the 1980s, 1980s and Malayalam films of the 1990s, ...

. The film stars

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and

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, along with

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Poornima Jayaram Poornima Bhagyaraj (née Jayaram) is an Indian actress in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has also done a few Hindi and Telugu films. She is best known for her leading roles from 1980 to 1985. She married director K. Bhagyaraj, who directed one ...

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, Baiju and

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 ...

in supporting roles. It gives us a glimpse into the life of a family during the period when their children marry off. The film explores the concepts of marital life and the impact of trust issues in a relationship. The film was a blockbuster, running for 200 days. The film has musical score by

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and songs by

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. The film was remade in Kannada as ''En Swamy Aliyandire'' starring

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and Jayashri, in Tamil as ''

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'' starring

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, Mohan,

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and Jayanthi and in Telugu as ''Pellam Chatu Mogudu'' starring

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Plot

The film deals with the small family of Unnithan and Ammini Kutty and their two daughters Parvathi and Sarala. Unnithan is an advocate, but he does not practice law due to his principles. Lekshmi is from a rich family and proud of it. They had a love marriage and now he is a henpecked husband. Sarala falls in love with her Lecturer and marries him. Balachandra Menon has a workshop and a driving school. Parvathi goes to his driving school to study driving and falls in love with him. Ammini Kutty opposes their love, but they decided to live together. Unnithan approves, but Ammini Kutty initially can't accept her daughter's decision. Avarachan, as Nasir's neighbour is an ex-service man who lives with his wife Annie. They are extremely depressed because they have no children. Suddenly Biju appears as Avarachan's illegitimate son, but no one except Unnithan knows it. News of becoming a grandmother brings Ammini Kutty back to Parvathi. Avarachan dies one day. Ammini Kutty become suspicious that Biju is Unnithan's son. This breaks their relationship and they separate. Finally Shekhar takes the initiative to reunite Unnithan and Ammini Kutty.

Cast

as Unnithan *

as Shekhar (Driving school teacher) *

as Manikyamangalathu Amminikutty *

Poornima jayaram Poornima Bhagyaraj (née Jayaram) is an Indian actress in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has also done a few Hindi and Telugu films. She is best known for her leading roles from 1980 to 1985. She married director K. Bhagyaraj, who directed one ...

as Parvathi *

as Sarala *

as Sarala's husband (Lecturer) *

as Retd. Lieutenant Colonel Avarachan *

as Annie * Baiju as Biju

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by

and the lyrics were written by Konniyoor Bhas.

References

* http://reviewmallumovies.blogspot.com/2008/06/karyam-nissaram.html

External links

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KARYAM NISSARAM
{{Balachandra Menon 1980s Malayalam-language films 1980s romance films 1983 films Films directed by Balachandra Menon Malayalam films remade in other languages Indian comedy-drama films