Oridathoru Phayalvaan(transl. There lived a wrestler) is a 1981 IndianMalayalam-languagedrama filmwritten, edited and directed byP. Padmarajan.The film is a folk parable about the success and failure in the life of agatta gusthiwrestler inKerala.It stars Rashid,Nedumudi VenuandJayanthi.[1]
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| Directed by | P. Padmarajan |
| Written by | P. Padmarajan |
| Produced by | R. Suresh |
| Starring | Rashid Nedumudi Venu Jayanthi |
| Cinematography | Vipindas |
| Edited by | P. Padmarajan |
| Music by | Johnson |
Production company | Thundathil Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
The film won the first International award for a Malayalam movie, by winning two prestigious awards - (i) for the 'Best Film'[2]and (ii) for the 'Best Screenplay'[2]at the "27th Asian Film Festival - 1982"[3]held atKuala Lumpur,Malaysia,also wonThe Kerala Film Critics Association Awardfor Best Screenplay, 1981[4].The film was included in the Indian Panorama section of theFilmotsav'82held inCalcutta,1982. It represented India in the competitive section at theNantes Three Continents Festival-1983[5]inFrance(22nd to 29th November 1983). It has also been telecasted in theNational Network programme of Malaysian Televisions.
Plot
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Patronized by a village tailor, agatta gusthiwrestler becomes a local hero when he defeats all his opponents and claims the prettiest woman as his wife. As astory within a storyit also portrays how the tailor makes a profit from the illiterate wrestler. He marries a girl, only for it to be revealed later that he has another wife and is not interested in her more than a trophy. He abandons his wife and the village when his wife falls for other men in his absence and she acknowledges that she does not love him any more. He leaves her his signature drawing of aconchshell. A froggiggingneighbour youth is entrapped by the girl's mother to marry her conceived daughter. It is way more than that, it is about an illiterate man thinking of his craft as being more than money.
Cast
edit- Rashid as AGatta gusthiphayalvaan(wrestler)
- Nedumudi Venuas Shivanpillai (Mesthiri)
- Jayanthias Chakkara, the woman courted by the wrestler
- K. G. Devakiyamma as Chakkara's mother
- Ashokanas Kannan
- M Jayagopal as Job
- Kariyachan
- Krishnankutty Nairas Veloonju (Kannan's father)
- Dhanya
- Mavelikkara Ramachandran
- Said
- Rishikesha Das
- Raju Paakkathu
References
edit- ^Vijayakumar, B. (27 November 2016)."Oridathoru Phayalwan: 1981".The Hindu.Archivedfrom the original on 19 September 2022.Retrieved16 September2022.
- ^ab""PAPPETTAN" TO ALL IN THE FILM FIELD ".padmarajan.8k.com.Archived fromthe originalon 24 April 2010.Retrieved16 November2010.
- ^"p padmarajan".cinemaofmalayalam.net.Archived fromthe originalon 16 January 2009.Retrieved16 November2010.
- ^Critics, kerala Film."FILM CRITICS AWARDS COMPLETE LIST FROM 1977 TILL 2012 ഫിലിം ക്രിട്ടിക്സ് അവാര്ഡ് 1977 മുതല് 2012 വരെ സമ്പൂര്ണ പട്ടിക".Retrieved5 November2024.
- ^"Nantes Three Continents Festival (1983)".IMDb.Retrieved5 November2024.