Chembarathi

Chembarathi
Directed by	P. N. Menon
Produced by	S. Krishnan Nair
Written by	Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
Starring	Madhu Shobhana (Roja Ramani) Raghavan Sudheer
Music by	Devarajan
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	Ravi Kiran
Production company	New India Films
Distributed by	Thirumeni Pictures
Release dates	7 July 1972 (1972-07-07)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chembarathi (Malayalam: ചെമ്പരത്തി, English: Hibiscus) is a 1972 Malayalam film directed by P. N. Menon and written by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan.^[1][2] It was produced by S. K. Nair (S. Krishnan Nair), a famous literary personality and the founder of Malayalanadu weekly. It stars Madhu along with newcomers Roja Ramani, Raghavan and Sudheer in major roles. The film was an adaptation of Malayattoor's short story "Lodge". Renowned film director Bharathan worked as art director in this film.

It was a notable critical and commercial success upon release. The film was remade in Tamil as Paruva Kaalam in 1974 ^[3] with Roja Ramani repeating her role and Kamal Haasan playing the male lead and also in Telugu as Kanne Vayasu.

Cast

• Madhu as Balachandran
• Shobhana(Roja Ramani) (as Santha)
• Raghavan
• Sudheer
• Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Sankaran
• Rani Chandra
• Adoor Bhavani
• Sankaradi
• Adoor Bhasi
• Bahadoor
• Kuthiravattom Pappu
• Paravoor Bharathan
• Balan K. Nair
• Janardhanan
• Radhamani
• Sudharma
• Pathma
• P. O. Thomas
• Pathiyil Madhavan (guest)
• Vaidyar K. R. Velappan Pillai

Sound track

The film sound track album has 8 songs written by Vayalar Ramavarma and composed by G. Devarajan.

1. Chakravarthini Ninakku ... KJ Yesudas
2. Chakravarthini Ninakku ... P Madhuri
3. Sharanamayyappaa Swamee ... KJ Yesudas
4. Kunukkitta Kozhi ... P Madhuri
5. Ambaadi Thannilorunni ... P Madhuri
6. Poove Polipoove ... P Madhuri, Chorus
7. Chakravarthini Ninakku [Bit] ... P Madhuri
8. Ambaadi Thannilorunni (Bit - Sad) ... P Madhuri

References

External links

• Chembarathi at the Internet Movie Database