Melodrama taking Malayalam cinema’s fascination with incest to its limit. The respectable college teacher Rajan (Nazir) marries Sindhu (Sheela), the orphaned inmate of a home for destitutes. The feudal conservative hypocrisies of the hero’s family are graphically criticised: Rajan’s cousin Chandran admits he once had sex with Sindhu, and Rajan’s snooty brother, the doctor Jayadev, fathered Sindhu’s daughter Bindu. Sindhu further confesses on her wedding night that she suffers from venereal disease, and eventually dies. The gruesome film is adapted from a popular play by Nazir’s brother Prem Nawaz. The theatrical gestures and painted backdrops were maintained in the film version. The film was remade in Hindi as Darpan (1970) starring Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman.
Cast: Prem Nazir, Sheela Ravichandran
Crew: M Krishnan Nair (Director), NS Mani (Director of Photography), MS Baburaj (Music Director)
Genres: Drama
Release Dates: 01 Jan 1967 (India)
Did you know? The film won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay. Read More
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as Rajendran
as Sindhu
as Dance Master Parvathidas
as Saraswathi
as Appunni Nair
Supporting Actress
as Adukkalakkaran Embranthiri
as Balachandran
as Muthassi
as Jayadevan
Direction
Director
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Music
Music Director
Music Label
Lyricist
Playback Singer
Editorial
Editor
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Malayalam
Colour Info:
Black & White
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
