Asthram

Asthram (transl. Arrow) is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by P. N. Menon. The film stars Bharath Gopi, Mohanlal, Mammootty, Nedumudi Venu and Jyothi in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Shyam.[1][2][3]. This movie is loosely based on the Nanavati murder case.

Asthram
Directed byP. N. Menon
Written byP. N. Menon
John Paul (dialogues)
Screenplay byJohn Paul
StarringBharath Gopi
Mohanlal
Mammootty
Nedumudi Venu
Jyothi
Music byShyam
CinematographyDevi Prasad
Edited byT. Sasikumar
Production
company
Menon Films
Distributed byMenon Films
Release date
  • 9 November 1983 (1983-11-09)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

Capt. C. S. Nair, a Naval officer, and Rekha constitute a happily married couple. Inspector Stephen and captain are good friends. When the captain leaves for his job, Rekha has to spend a lonely life in their big mansion. She occasionally takes a drive and spends time with Stephen's daughter Lilly. The Captain's elder sister Sharada, who was staying separate from her husband, had a kid Biju. Sharada had died of a tumor and since then Rekha was taking care of Biju like her own son.

During the next occasion of leave, when captain is informed that Sharada is no more, he suggests to admit Biju in a boarding school, so that he gets the best schooling possible. The Captain meets Balu, a photographer, accidentally, he likes him very much and treats him as his own brother. They spend times together along with Balu's friends in outings and other leisure events.

Captain leaves for his job and Rekha and Balu fall in an affair accidentally. Balu realizes that it is a mistrust and runs away from the affair. Rekha had a difficult time to recover from the incident. However she could not conceal it for long, and during the next visit of the Captain she discloses about the affair. Though she doesn't reveal the man, the Captain traces that Balu is the culprit owing to the indifference in behaviour of Balu.

As he couldn't be the same husband again, Captain insists that Balu marry Rekha, which Balu declines, leading to what is in his mind, forming the climax.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Poovachal Khader and Sathyan Anthikkad.

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Chinchillam Chiri Thooki"K. J. YesudasPoovachal Khader
2"Kingini Ponmani Manjeeram"S. JanakiPoovachal Khader
3"Kunjikkurumbu"Sujatha Mohan, KausalyaSathyan Anthikkad
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References
  1. "Asthram". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. "Asthram". malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  3. "Asthram". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 19 October 2014.


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