Olavum Theeravum
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| Olavum Theeravum | |
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| Directed by | P. N. Menon |
| Produced by | Shobhana Parameswaran Nair |
| Written by | M. T. Vasudevan Nair |
| Starring |
Madhu Usha Nandini |
| Music by | M S Baburaj |
| Cinematography | Mankada Ravi Varma |
| Release dates | 1970 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Olavum Theeravum is a 1970 Malayalam film directed by P. N. Menon. It has been credited with helping to bring about a "flowering of art-house films that have today become the defining quality of Malayalam cinema",[1] with being Malayalam cinema's "breakthrough into realism",[2] and as "a watershed in the history of Malayalam cinema".[3]
Plot
A Muslim trader falls in love with his dead friend's sister who is the daughter of a prostitute.[4] but her mother forces her to marry a wealthy man who has an eye on her. She rejects him but is raped by him and commits suicide.
Cast
- Madhu - Bapputti
- Usha Nandini - Nabisa
- Philomina - Nabisa's Mother
- Jose Prakash - Kunjali
- Alummoodan
References
- ↑ Kasbekar, Asha (2006). Pop culture India!: media, arts, and lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-85109-636-7.
- ↑ Baviskar, Amita (2003). Waterlines, the Penguin book of river writings. Penguin Books. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-14-303038-6.
- ↑ South Asian cinema (South Asian Cinema Foundation) 1 (2): 47. 2001.
- ↑ Ray, Bibekananda; Naveen Joshi (2005). Conscience of the race: India's offbeat cinema. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 112. ISBN 978-81-230-1298-8.
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