Chembarathi

Chembarathi
Directed by	P. N. Menon
Produced by	S. Krishnan Nair
Written by	Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
Starring	Madhu; Raghavan; Shobhana (Roja Ramani); Sudheer
Music by	Devarajan
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	Ravi Kiran
Production; company	New India Films
Distributed by	Thirumeni Pictures
Release date	7 July 1972;
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chembarathi (English: Hibiscus) is a 1972 Malayalam film directed by P. N. Menon and written by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan.[1][2] It was produced by S. K. Nair (S. Krishnan Nair), a famous literary personality and the founder of Malayalanadu weekly. It stars Madhu along with newcomers Roja Ramani, Raghavan and Sudheer in major roles. The film was an adaptation of Malayattoor's short story "Lodge". Bharathan made his cinematic debut as art director with the film.

It was a notable critical and commercial success upon release. The film was remade in Tamil as Paruva Kaalam in 1974 [3] with Roja Ramani repeating her role and Kamal Haasan playing the male lead and also in Telugu as Kanne Vayasu.

Cast

Madhu as Balachandran
Raghavan as Dinesh
Shobhana (Roja Ramani) as Santha
Sudheer as Rajappan
Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Sankaran
Rani Chandra
Adoor Bhavani as Santha's mother
Sankaradi
Adoor Bhasi as Bhasi
Bahadoor
Kuthiravattom Pappu
Paravoor Bharathan
Balan K. Nair
Janardhanan
Radhamani
Sudharma
Pathma
P. O. Thomas
Pathiyil Madhavan (guest)
Vaidyar K. R. Velappan Pillai

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Vayalar Ramavarma; all music is composed by G. Devarajan.

No.	Title	Artist(s)
1.	"Chakravarthini Ninakku"	K. J. Yesudas
2.	"Chakravarthini Ninakku"	P. Madhuri
3.	"Sharanamayyappaa Swamee"	K. J. Yesudas
4.	"Kunukkitta Kozhi"	P. Madhuri
5.	"Ambaadi Thannilorunni"	P. Madhuri
6.	"Poove Polipoove"	P. Madhuri, Chorus
7.	"Chakravarthini Ninakku" (Bit)	P. Madhuri
8.	"Ambaadi Thannilorunni" (Pathos)	P. Madhuri

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References

"Chembarathi-Movie Details". malayalachalachithram. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
"ചെമ്പരത്തി-വിശദവിവരങ്ങൾ". മലയാളസംഗീതം. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
അന്ന് ഇന്ന് (17 September 1986). "കമൽ ഒരു പ്രതിഭാസം". Chalachithram.

External links

Chembarathi on IMDb

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[1] "Chembarathi-Movie Details". malayalachalachithram. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

[2] "ചെമ്പരത്തി-വിശദവിവരങ്ങൾ". മലയാളസംഗീതം. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

[3] അന്ന് ഇന്ന് (17 September 1986). "കമൽ ഒരു പ്രതിഭാസം". Chalachithram.