Peruvazhiyambalam

Peruvazhiyambalam is a 1979 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by P. Padmarajan, based on his novel of the same name. The film was Padmarajan's directorial debut and the acting debut of Ashokan, who played the central character, Raman. The film is an incisive examination of how violence or totalitarianism works in our society; it dealt with disturbing questions relating to masculinity and how people adore and dread it at the same time.

This article is about the 1979 film. For the novel, see Peruvazhiyambalam (novel).

Peruvazhiyambalam
Bharath Gopi, Ashokan and K. P. A. C. Lalitha in Peruvazhiyambalam
Directed byPadmarajan
Produced byBhadra
Screenplay byPadmarajan
Based onPeruvazhiyambalam
by Padmarajan
StarringAshokan
Bharath Gopi
Jose Prakash
K. P. A. C. Azeez
K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Ramesh
Geetha
Music byM. G. Radhakrishnan
CinematographyKannan Narayanan
Edited byRavi
Release date
  • 6 August 1979 (1979-08-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

The Hindu described this film as one of the finest films in Malayalam.[1] It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. The film was included in IBN Live's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.[2][3][4]

Plot

Fifteen-year-old Raman (Ashokan) lives alone with his older sister Bhagyam, their parents having died several years prior. The town bully Prabhakaran Pillai (K. P. A. C. Azeez) is killed by Raman. He escapes from murder charges by hiding from the police with the help of a teashop owner (Bharath Gopi) and a prostitute (K.P.A.C. Lalitha) "Peruvazhiyambalam". Cine Malayalam. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.</ref>

Cast

Technical Crew
  • Harikadha Lyrics:Kavalam
  • Harikadha Singers: Haripad Saraswati Ammal, Jayalaskshmi Sreenivasan
  • Sound Recording: Devdas
  • Associate Director: Ajayan
  • Art: Purushothaman
  • Makeup: Ramu
  • Publicity: Bharathan
  • Assistant Director: Cheppad Krishnan [G. Krishnaswamy]
  • Unit: KSFDC
  • Distribution: Kumaraswamy and Co.
  • Production: Bhadra

Awards
National Film Awards
Kerala State Film Awards[5]
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References
  1. "Storyteller beyond compare"
  2. ""100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time"". IBN Live. 26 April 2013.
  3. ""'Mayabazar' is India's greatest film ever: IBNLive poll"". IBN Live. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015.
  4. "IBNLive Poll: Vote for India's greatest film of all time". IBN Live. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. "State Film Awards". Kerala Government. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
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