Chembarathi

Chembarathi (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". Bharathan made his cinematic debut as art director with the film.

For the 1992 Tamil film, see Chembaruthi.

Chembarathi
Directed byP. N. Menon
Produced byS. Krishnan Nair
Written byMalayattoor Ramakrishnan
StarringMadhu
Raghavan
Shobhana (Roja Ramani)
Sudheer
Music byDevarajan
CinematographyAshok Kumar
Edited byRavi Kiran
Production
company
New India Films
Distributed byThirumeni Pictures
Release date
  • 7 July 1972 (1972-07-07)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

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

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Vayalar Ramavarma; all music is composed by G. Devarajan.

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Chakravarthini Ninakku"K. J. Yesudas 
2."Chakravarthini Ninakku"P. Madhuri 
3."Sharanamayyappaa Swamee"K. J. 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" (Pathos)P. Madhuri 

References
  1. "Chembarathi-Movie Details". malayalachalachithram. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. "ചെമ്പരത്തി-വിശദവിവരങ്ങൾ". മലയാളസംഗീതം. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. അന്ന് ഇന്ന് (17 September 1986). "കമൽ ഒരു പ്രതിഭാസം". Chalachithram.


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