''Sarpam'' is a 1979 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 wa ...

-language film, directed by

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and produced by Dhanya. The film stars

Vidhubala Vidhubala is a former Indian actress who started her career in the mid-1960s and retired from the industry in 1981. She is well known for hosting the family reality show Kadhayallithu Jeevitham in Amrita TV spanning for 10 years.She has acted ...

Prem Nazir Prem Nazir (born Abdul Khader; 7 April 1926 – 16 January 1989) was an Indian actor known as one of Malayalam cinema's definitive leading men of his generation. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential actors in the history of Indi ...

Jayan Krishnan Nair (25 July 1939 – 16 November 1980), better known by his stage name Jayan, was an Indian actor, Officer (armed forces), naval officer, stunt performer and cultural icon of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in over 150 Malayalam films ...

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 decad ...

and

Kaviyoor Ponnamma Kaviyoor Ponnamma is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She has also acted in TV serials and commercials and has playback singing cre ...

. The film has musical score by

K. J. Joy KJ Joy is a music director for the Malayalam film industry. He has composed music for 71 films. He began his career as music director in 1974, after many years as recording accordion artist for various music directors, primarily his mentor MS ...

Plot

Ramesh (Prem Nazir) is married to a traditional woman Latha (Vidhubala) who esteems snakes very much. Ramesh's friend James (Jayan) is courting a firebrand, Daisy (Seema) and tries to impress her with his bravery and derring-do. But she's disgusted by his arrogance and inclination to pick fights. Their fights come to point when Daisy's pet python breaks James's hand as he harasses her. Daisy's father -a scientist experimenting with snake venom- is delighted with James's courtship of his daughter.He advises both of them. A sheepish James is told to behave like a human being and not like an animal. Daisy's father apprises her of James's loveless family background and tasks her with treating him kindly. James apologizes to Daisy and she decides to forgive him after observing his conduct for a while and deciding that the apology is genuine. She agrees to James's proposal. No sooner do they realize that their mutual friends Ramesh and Latha are in danger from Ramesh's uncle and rushes over to help Ramesh after they discover his house burned and him getting beaten up by his uncle's goons. However it is left to the snakes to enact the final revenge.

Cast

as Ramesh *

as James *

Seema Seema may refer to: Films * ''Seema'' (1955 film), a Hindi film * ''Seema'' (1971 film), a Hindi film People * Lehlohonolo Seema (born 1980), football (soccer) player from Lesotho *Seema (actress) (born 1957), Indian film actress * Seema Aissen We ...

as Daisy *

as Latha *

as Stephen *

as Bhavani *

Jose Prakash Jose Prakash (14 April 1925 – 24 March 2012) was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was a singer turned actor who had appeared in more than 300 films mostly in antagonist roles. He was awarded with the J. C. Daniel ...

as Dr. Fernandez *

Prathapachandran Prathapachandran (1941–2004) was an Indian actor, who worked predominantly in Malayalam film industry, though he acted in a few Tamil and Telugu movies as well. He known for the portrayal of villainous and character roles in over 300 movies. ...

as Ramesh's uncle, father * Ravikumar as Shamsu *

Bhavani Bhavānī (also known as Bhāvya, Tulajā, Turajā, Tvarita, Aṃbā, Jagadambā and Aṃbē) is manifestation of Adi Shakti (Durga). Bhavani translates to "giver of life", meaning the power of nature or the source of creative energy. She is co ...

as Saheera * Sukumari as Saheera's mother

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by

Bichu Thirumala B. Sivasankaran Nair, popularly known as Bichu Thirumala (13 February 1942 – 26 November 2021), was an Indian lyricist and poet. He is known for creating the style of arranging beautiful words in Malayalam film songs. In Malayalam cinema, Bi ...

References

External links

* 1979 films 1970s Malayalam-language films Films scored by K. J. Joy Films directed by Baby (director) {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub