Kadalpalam

Kadalpalam is a 1969 Malayalam language film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. Sathyan, Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Sheela, Bahadoor and Adoor Bhasi star in the lead.[1] The film is an adaptation of the very popular professional stage play of the same name authored by the renowned dramatist K. T. Mohammed, which is an adaptation of the 1940 Hindi film Prem Nagar. The film was critically well received and was a box office hit. It is probably best remembered for the performance by Sathyan, who received the first ever State Award for his performance.[2]

Kadalpalam
Directed byK. S. Sethumadhavan
Produced byM. O. Joseph
Written byK. T. Mohammed
StarringPrem Nazir
Sathyan
Jayabharathi
Sheela
Music byDevarajan
CinematographyMelli Irani
Edited byM. S. Mani
Production
company
Manjilas Films
Release date
  • 25 July 1969 (1969-07-25)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

The story revolves round the family of Narayana Kaimal (Sathyan), a leading advocate who loses his eyesight. Kaimal is a strict disciplinarian and always tries to impose his thoughts and principles on his children and fellow beings. This creates a conflict with others. Kaimal's elder son Raghu (Again Sathyan) dislikes the obstinate nature of his father leading to constant conflicts between the two. Kaimal's younger son Prabhakaran (K. P. Ummer) who is an advocate and daughter Geetha (Jayabharathi) try to obey their father, but at times they only pretend to obey him. Kaimal now sees the world through the eyes of his faithful servant Appu (Bahadur).

Prabhakaran is in love with Sarala (Sheela), daughter of Kaimal's servant Sreedharan Pillai (Sankaradi). Geetha is in love with Murali (Prem Nazir), the adopted son of Kadeeja (Adoor Bhavani), who lives in the neighbourhood. Appu is warned against telling anything about the love affairs to Kaimal. Raghu believes that they lost their mother at very young age only because of the arrogance of their father. Raghu is married to Prashanthi (Vijayachandrika) who was his father's choice.

Raghu shows his protest by his rude behaviour towards his wife. Kaimal demands to give back the tile factory which he had given to Raghu. But Raghu refuses to part with the factory. Kaimal files a court case against his son.

Geetha marries Murali and Raghu supports them. Kaimal regains his eyesight and is thunderstruck to know about the happenings that took place while he was blind. He decides to pretend to be blind so as to know more about his children. Only Appu is aware that Kaimal is now not blind. Kaimal plots to stop the marriage of Prabhakaran. He offers partnership of the factory to the manager Nanukuttan Nair (Adoor Bhasi) if he could help conduct the marriage of his son, who is a police inspector, with Sarala. Nair agrees to carry out the crooked plan.

The verdict of the court goes against Kaimal. But Prabhakaran hides this from his father. Prabhakaran does not allow Geetha to meet Kaimal and when Kadeeja comes and raises her voice for justice, Kaimal hits her. Murali attacks Kaimal and now all come to know that Kaimal is not blind. Prabhakaran comes to know about the crooked plan of his father. All the children turn against Kaimal. Unable to stand the setback and the thought that he had failed in his attempts to control his children with an iron hand, he suffers a heart attack and dies.

Cast

Songs

The film had four songs penned by Vayalar Ramavarma and set to tune by Devarajan. S. P. Balasubrahmanyam debuted in Malayalam with this film. It was R. K. Shekhar who recommended S.P.B. to Devarajan.

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Ee Kadalum Marukadalum"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamVayalar Ramavarma
2"Inne Pol"K. J. Yesudas, B. VasanthaVayalar Ramavarma
3"Kasthoorithailamittu"P. Madhuri, ChorusVayalar Ramavarma
4"Ujjayiniyile"P. LeelaVayalar Ramavarma

Awards
1st Kerala State Film Awards[3]
  • Best Dialogues: K. T. Mohammed
  • Best Actor: Sathyan
  • Best Music Director: Devarajan
  • Best Lyrics: Vayalar Ramavarma
  • Best Singer: P. Leela
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References
  1. "Archive News".
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  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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