''Vazhve Mayam'' () is a 1970

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-language film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. Sathyan plays the lead role. The film also has

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, Sankaradi,

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, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Khadeeja, N. Govindan Kutty,

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, C. A. Balan, Kuttan Pillai and

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. Sankarady won the

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for his performance in the film. It has had a long lasting impact on

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, and was screened as part of the Sathyan retrospective at the 17th

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held at

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. It was a Super Hit movie.

Plot

Sudhindharan Nair ( Sathyan) or Sudhi and Sarala (

) are a newly married couple. Sudhi loves his wife a lot. But he is also possessive and highly suspicious of her, who is beautiful. One night he sees a man run out of his house when returning from work. He accuses Sarala of infidelity and this forces her to leave the house. He concludes that she had been sexually involved with his friend Sasidharan Nair (

). A few months later, he discovers that the man he saw the other day was actually Sasidharan's wife Kamalakshi's ( Khadeeja) extramarital partner. He is filled with remorse. He now wants to bring Sarala back into his life. But, it is too late. Sarala's father Pillai (

) had already married her off to Neelakanta Pillai ( Sankaradi), a widower. This tires him out mentally. As the years pass by, he becomes mentally ill and turns an alcoholic. Twenty years later, he gets a letter from Sarala informing him of their daughter's marriage and she wants him to bless her. He blesses her and goes back home. He dies soon. Sarala comes to see his dead body, and dies next to him.

Cast

* Sathyan as Sudhi (Sudhindharan Nair) *

as Sarala, Sarala's daughter (double role) * Sankaradi as Neelakantappillai *

as Sasidaharan Nair, Sudhi's friend *

as Kuttappan, Sudhi's neighbour *

as Achuthan Nair, Sarala's father * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Gowri, Kuttappan's wife * Khadeeja as Kamalkshi, Sasidharan's wife *

as Panchayat member *

as Parukutty * C. A. Balan *

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as Swami * N. Govindan Kutty as Ramachandran Nair * P. R. Menon as Raghavan * Kochi Ammini * Kuttan Pillai

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. Devarajan and the lyrics were written by

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Remakes

The movie was remade in Telugu as ''Edadugula Bandham'' (1985) and as ''

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'' (1974) in Hindi.

Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Film - Malayalam ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, an ...

won by M. O. Joseph (1970)

References

External links

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''Vazhve Mayam''
at the Malayalam Movie Database {{K. S. Sethumadhavan 1970s Malayalam-language films Malayalam films remade in other languages Films directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan Films with screenplays by Thoppil Bhasi