Peruvazhiyambalam

Peruvazhiyambalam
Bharath Gopi, Ashokan and K. P. A. C. Lalitha in Peruvazhiyambalam
Directed by	Padmarajan
Produced by	Prem Prakash
Screenplay by	Padmarajan
Based on	Peruvazhiyambalam  by Padmarajan
Starring	Ashokan Bharath Gopi Jose Prakash Azeez K. P. A. C. Lalitha Ramesh Geetha
Music by	M. G. Radhakrishnan
Cinematography	Kannan Narayanan
Editing by	Ravi
Release dates	1979
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Peruvazhiyambalam is a 1979 Malayalam film directed by P. Padmarajan based on his novel of the same name. It marked Padmarajan's directorial debut and the acting debut for Ashokan who plays 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. 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 (Azeez) rapes Raman's sister who later commits suicide. Raman kills Pillai in anger and 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) until he faces Pillai's children.^[5]

Cast

• Ashokan as Raman
• Bharath Gopi as Teashop owner
• Jose Prakash
• Azeez as Prabhakaran Pillai (as Aziz)
• Ramesh
• Geetha
• Santhakumari
• K P A C Lalitha as Devayani, the prostitute

Awards

National Film Awards

• Best Feature Film in Malayalam

Kerala State Film Awards - 1979^[6]

• Second Best Film
• Best Story - P. Padmarajan

References

External links

• Peruvazhiyambalam at the Internet Movie Database