Love In Kerala
| Love In Kerala | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | J. Sasikumar |
| Produced by | KP Kottarakkara |
| Written by | KP Kottarakkara |
| Screenplay by | KP Kottarakkara |
| Starring |
Prem Nazir Adoor Bhasi Jose Prakash Baby Padmini |
| Music by | MS Baburaj |
| Cinematography | CJ Mohan |
| Edited by | TR Sreenivasalu |
Production company |
Ganesh Pictures |
| Distributed by | Ganesh Pictures |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Love In Kerala is a 1968 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar, produced by KP Kottarakkara and distributed by Vimala Films. The film stars Prem Nazir, Adoor Bhasi, Jose Prakash and Baby Padmini in lead roles. The film's musical score was written by MS Baburaj.[1][2][3] Choreography was done by Sundaram. Stunts were directed by Vasudevan. The film was remade in Telugu as Love In Andhra.[4]
Cast
- Prem Nazir as Intelligence Officer Chandra
- Sheela as Maala
- Adoor Bhasi[5] as Kunjunni
- Jose Prakash[6] as Swamiji Brahmananda Yogi and Silverhead
- Baby Padmini
- Friend Ramaswamy
- K. P. Ummer as Shankar
- Aranmula Ponnamma as Mother of Chandran and Shankar
- N. Govindankutty as Raja
Plot
Chandra and Shankar are brothers. Chandra is the chief investigator of the Central Intelligence Department, which learns that a foreign spy named Jackson has infiltrated India and contacted foreign allies within Kerala. Chandra is made lead investigator for this case. Jackson uses a mysterious woman to send a letter to "Silver Head", the leader of a secret society in Kerala. Despite having his suspicions about this woman, Shankar, a pilot, helps her escape to the airport. The woman delivers the letter to Silver Head, who then kills her. Chandra finds her body along with a diary which mentions two notable persons in Kerala: Mr Raja, who had returned from working along the Persian Gulf, and Swamiji, a yogi. Chandra appoints Kunjunni as his assistant to investigate this case, and meets with both Raja and Swamiji without producing any leads. During his investigation, he also meets Mr Raja's daughters, Maala and Kala. Chandra falls in love with Maala, and discovers that Shankar is in love with Kala. Chandra then gets a chance to visit the "Lover's Club", which had a secret link to Silver Head, and learn that a messenger of Jackson's is bringing valuable information to the beach club. They seize the opportunity and acquire the information, provoking Silver Head. Raja and his daughters are shown to be secretly working for Silver Head.
Chandra receives a report that Jackson is arriving at the airport and sends Kunjunni to capture the spy, but he fails and Jackson slips away. Silver Head orders Raja to provide his daughter Maala for Jackson's pleasure, which Raja and his daughters protest. It is then revealed that Swamiji is Silver Head. Swamiji arranges a hotel room for Jackson to meet with Maala. Disguised as hotel staff, Chandra and Kunjunni come to the hotel room, capture Jackson, and lock him in a police station. Later, Shankar secretly sneaks into the police station and helps Jackson to escape. Jackson uses a gangland connection to arrange an escape route, but is again captured by Chandra and Kunjunni. Swamiji and the gangsters capture Chandra and Kunjunni, and lock them in the gang's secret dungeon, intending to kill them, but Maala arrives and helps them escape. During his capture, Chandra realises that Shankar is involved with the gang and that Swamiji is Silver Head.
Afterwards, Chandra arrests Shankar then moves on the others. Swamiji realises that Maala betrayed him and shoots at her. While trying to protect Maala, Raja and Kala are shot and killed. Chandra and Kunjunni, with a large police force, arrive at the gangster's hideout and capture all of the gang members. It is later shown that Chandra, despite having loved Maala, arrests her along with the rest of the gang.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by MS Baburaj and lyrics was written by Sreekumaran Thampi. Background score was by P.S. Divakar
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | "Amme Mahaakaaliyamme" | CO Anto, KP Udayabhanu | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 2 | "Athidhi Athidhi" | S Janaki | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 3 | "Kudukuduthira Kummi" | P. Leela, Kamala | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 4 | "Love in Kerala" | LR Eeswari, Zero Babu, Archie Hutton | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 5 | "Madhupakarna Chundukalil" | P Jayachandran, B Vasantha | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 6 | "Nooru Nooru Pularikal" | K. J. Yesudas | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 7 | "Om Namashivaaya" [Bit] | Chorus, Jose Prakash | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 8 | "Premikkan Marannu" | P. Leela, Mahalakshmi | Sreekumaran Thampi |
References
- ↑ "Love In Kerala". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Love. In Kerala". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Love in Kerala". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Love In Andhra (1969)". telugucineblitz.blogspot.in. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ↑ "Adoor Bhasi". IMDb. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ↑ "Jose Prakash". IMDb. Retrieved 23 December 2016.