Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam
Poster designed by P. N. Menon
Directed byKamal
Screenplay byJohn Paul
Story byKamal
Produced byMohanlal
Century Kochumon
StarringMohanlal
Thilakan
Karthika
CinematographyS. Kumar
Edited byK. Narayanan
Music byOuseppachan
Production
company
Chears Films
Distributed byCentury Release
Release date
  • 3 July 1987 (1987-07-03)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam (transl. Kids, I'll tell a story) is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Kamal and written by John Paul from a story by Kamal. It was produced by Mohanlal and Century Kochumon through the company Chears Films, and stars Mohanlal and Karthika. The film features music composed by Ouseppachan. Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam was a major commercial success at the box office. K. J. Yesudas won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

Plot

Eby is a young man taking care of a bunch of orphan kids, leading a nomadic life. His relationship with the children often resembles that of the good shepherd and his sheep. Eby, along with the children, rely on street magic performances as their means to survive. In one of their stays, they come across a father to whom Eby confesses their story.

Eby was kidnapped from his home as a young boy by a street performer who used to abuse him a lot. One night, Eby runs away from the man and is rescued by a rich and affluent Thomas Abraham, who becomes Eby's adoptive father. Thomas' sudden death again leaves Eby homeless and orphaned after Thomas' estranged wife and brothers return to reclaim Thomas' wealth and kicks him out of the home. During this time, Eby wanders in the streets with the little amount he has and comes across several street children who are abused or left orphaned. He empathizes with them and since then decides to protect and love them.

After hearing his story, the father offers help to Eby and advises him to send the children to school so that they gain education enabling them to come out of homelessness and poverty. With financial aid from the father, Eby sets up a farm and settles down in order to back up the associated expenses. A close relative of Ouseppachan, Annie Mol, who lost her parents in a plane crash, enters their life and falls in love with Eby.

For his father's death anniversary, Eby returns to town only to find that he is a terminal heart patient. Determined to spend the last days of his life with the children and Annie, Eby flees from the hospital. Feeling a responsibility towards the future of the children, he sends them to the father's orphanage (an idea which he initially disagreed to). Annie gets to know about Eby's illness and is devastated. Later that night, Eby gets a vision of the children running up to him calling his name. The next morning, father, Annie and the children come to visit Eby only to find him eternally resting which leaves them all in tears of sorrow.

Cast

Production

Kamal wanted his second film to star Mohanlal alongside child actors.[2]

Soundtrack

The film has songs composed by Ouseppachan, with lyrics by Bichu Thirumala.[3]

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam"K. J. Yesudas 
2."Vazhappoonkilikal"K. J. Yesudas 
3."Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam" (Pathos)K. J. Yesudas 
4."Punchiriyude Poovilikalil"K. J. Yesudas, Ambili 
5."Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam" (Bit)K. J. Yesudas 

Reception

The film was a major commercial success at the box office.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Aradhya Kurup (24 February 2019). "'Kireedom' to 'Akashadoothu': Ten Malayalam tragedies that dried up my tears". The News Minute.
  2. ↑ Cris (25 April 2022). "Remembering John Paul, the man behind many beautiful Malayalam scripts". The News Minute.
  3. ↑ Cris (27 November 2021). "Adieu Bichu Thirumala, the lyricist of Aayiram kannumai, Mizhiyoram and thousands more". The News Minute.
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