Pacha Velicham

Pacha Velicham is a 1985 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by M. Mani. The film stars Shankar, Madhu, Sukumari, Adoor Bhasi and Sankaradi in lead roles. The film had musical score by Shyam.^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Madhu As Retd. Captain Nair
• Shankar As Mukundan
• Sukumari As Nandini's Mother
• Adoor Bhasi As Station Master Muhammed
• V D Rajappan as Thankavelu
• Sankaradi As Mukundan's Father
• K.P.A.C. Azeez As Surendran
• Kuthiravattam Pappu
• Poojappura Ravi
• Bhagyalakshmi actress
• Asha
• Soumini

Synopsis

Mukundan, a railway office staff, gets transferred to a remote railway station in Madras. One night while leaving from the station, he happens to meet Nandini,his father's sister's daughter, walking towards her house. She told that she got down from the train which had just halted there and is heading towards her house. As it was quite dark, she borrows his torch and asks him to get it back from her house the next day. Quite shocked and speechless, Mukundan lends out his torch. He then heads to the rented house, which was also owned by Nandini's husband - Retd Major Nair.

Mukundan then skips to his old memories. He was in love with Nandini. Both his parents and Nandini's mother was interested in their marriage. Mukundan gets a job in railway. Nandini's brother Surendran who was a workshop mechanic in Bangalore, however had other plans. He wanted to take Nandini to Bangalore for higher studies, and suggested that only after the studies is completed, they will think of her marriage. Nandini is taken to Bangalore by Surendran, and Mukundan joins his new job. Days later, Nandini's mother also leaves to Bangalore, and there were no updates since then. When Mukundan arrives for a week's leave, he was adviced by his father to visit Bangalore to know their updates. On reaching Bangalore, Mukundan was informed by a dejected Nandini's mother that she is already married and have left for Madras with her husband.

Now Thankavelu, while bringing dinner for Mukundan to his rented house, experiences strange sounds and runs towards Mukundan. Mukundan joins a frightened Thankavelu on his return. Major Nair reaches his house after a travel, and is quite surprised to see a torch kept on the table, which is just below the portrait of Nandini hanging on the wall. The next day while Mukundan visits Major Nair's house to collect back his torch, he is informed by Nair that Nandini is no more. She had died a year ago. Shocked by this, Mukundan finds difficult to believe it. Major Nair then recites the situation which made him marry Nandini.

Major was a neighbour of Surendran at Bangalore. He had lost one leg in a war, and was serving retirement life. He had enough of wealth. Surendran had planned to start a new workshop and so he exploited the relationship with Major for his selfish need by fixing his marriage with Nandini. Though Nandini had met major and informed him of her relationship with Mukundan, Major was not willing to withdraw from the marriage citing that he has already informed many and now it is not possible to withdraw. Though Nandini tried to elope, Major traced and caught her with help of police. After the marriage, they got relocated to Madras. However, during the first night of marriage, Major behaved rashly towards Nandhini for not mentally accepting him as her husband. And as a result Nandhini committed suicide by running towards a speeding train.

Mukundan used to see Nandini at times, and the station master Muhammed recommended him to visit a Psychiatrist, which he denies. Major kills a black cat, which used to haunt him often, ever since the death of Nandini, and burries it in his house premises. However he is shocked to see that Black cat again in his house. Unable to bear all these, major shoots himself to death. Mukundan is also attracted by Nandini towards a running train, and he is also killed.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shyam and lyrics was written by Chunakkara Ramankutty.

References

External links

• Pacha Velicham on IMDb