Amaram
Theatrical poster
Directed byBharathan
Written byA. K. Lohithadas
Produced byBabu Thiruvalla
Starring
CinematographyMadhu Ambat
Edited by
Music by
Production
companies
  • Mak Productions
  • Symphony Creations
Release date
  • 1 February 1991 (1991-02-01)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹ 28.3 lakh
Box office₹ 2.50 crore

Amaram (transl. Stern) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam drama film directed by Bharathan and written by A. K. Lohithadas. It stars Mammootty, Maathu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Ashokan, Murali, Chitra, and Kuthiravattam Pappu in the main roles. The film's score is composed by Johnson while the songs are by Raveendran.

K. P. A. C. Lalitha won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Bhargavi. And Mammotty won the Filmfare Awards South Best Actor Award for his role. The film was a critical and commercial success and is considered as a classic in Malayalam Cinema. It ran for more than 200 days in Ragam theater, Thrissur and ran over 50 days in Safire (Madras) theater.[1][2]

Plot

Achootty, a fisherman lives with his daughter, Radha. The uneducated Achootty wants his daughter to be educated and also wants her to become a doctor. His dreams get shattered when she falls in love with her childhood friend Raghavan which results in Achootty beating him up. Achooty restricts her to see Raghavan and tells her education gets top priority. Kochuraman who is Raghavan's father suggests that Achootty accept Radha's relationship with Raghavan to which Achootty scornfully disapproves which results in Kochuraman's hatred towards Achootty. he One day Radha and Raghavan elope and get married which made Achooty heartbroken. Achootty does not like his son-in-law initially and in disappointment does not talk to his daughter either. But slowly the young chap shows that he is an able and hard-working fisherman and gains Achootty's silent admiration. Achooty does not acknowledge this publicly, but keeps heckling his son-in-law in public, taunting him to catch a shark and prove himself before he dares talk to Achooty. One day, Raghavan decides he's had enough of the taunting and goes to the deep sea to capture a shark. But he is inexperienced, and in a fit of daring goes out alone in his catamaran. When he does not return, people think that Achootty killed him at sea since Achootty had also been to the sea that day.

It is a stormy night and everyone is afraid of going to the sea to search for him. Kochuraman and some of the villagers attack him. At this point, Achootty's daughter also feels that her father has killed her husband and blames him. Having nothing to lose anymore, Achootty goes to the sea and he sees Raghavan lying unconscious on the remains of his boat which is wrecked. Achootty rescues him and brings him back to the shore. Everyone understands Achootty's innocence but he feels let down by them. In the end, Achootty takes his boat and ventures into the sea, saying that is the only entity that has loved him unconditionally.

Cast

Crew

voice-artists

ArtistActor/Actress
Anandavally Chithra
Sreeja Maathu

Music

The film score was composed by Johnson. The film's soundtrack contains 4 songs composed by Raveendran. The lyrics were written by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. The song "Hridaya Raga Thanthri" is based on "Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena" from Guddi.

#TitleSinger(s)Raga(s)
1 "Azhake Ninmizhi" K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra

Darbari Kanada

2 "Hridaya Raga Thanthri" Lathika

Hameer Kalyani

3 "Pulare Poonkotiyil" K. J. Yesudas, Lathika

Raagamalika (Vaasanthi, Shuddha Saveri, Hindolam, Shuddha Saveri)

4 "Vikara Naukayumai" K. J. Yesudas

Madhyamavathi

Awards

38th National Film Awards
Kerala State Film Awards
Filmfare Awards South

References

  1. ↑ "Musical hits of Malayalam film industry". Times of India. 18 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Director Bharathan dead". Rediff.com. 30 July 1998.
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