Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile

Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile (Translation: This Way, Students) is a 1971 Malayalam language film directed by avant-garde filmmaker John Abraham.

This was John Abraham's first feature film, made during his stay in Madras as a group co-operative effort. After the completion he himself considered it to be a worthless film.

Plot

During a football match at school, some schoolboys breaks the statue of the school's founder. Raju is held responsible for this. He is given two choices, either pay for the damage or face expulsion. The boys get together and earn the money by polishing boots, selling lottery tickets and so on. The school's principal gets impressed with this and the management decides to repair the statue with their own money and spend the money earned by the boys for an excursion. Shortly afterwards during another football match they break the statue again.

(For the story, Courtesy to and sourced from Cinema Of Malayalam)

Cast

• Madhu
• Adoor Bhasi
• Manorama
• S. V. Ranga Rao - Principal
• Jayabharathi
• S. P. Pillai
• M. R. R. Vasu
• T. K. Balachandran
• Paravoor Bharathan
• Kuthiravattam Pappu
• Philomina
• Santha Devi
• Paul Vengola

Additional details

• Colour - Black and White
• Sound Mix - Mono
• Filming Locations - Chennai, Tamil Nadu

External links

• Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile at the Internet Movie Database
• Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile - Cinema Of Malayalam
• John Abraham - Profile in cinemaofmalayalam.net
• John Abraham - Weblokam profile
• A tribute to Ritwik Ghatak by John