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Aaravam
Aaravam
Directed by	Bharathan
Screenplay by	Bharathan
Produced by	Ameer; Bharathan
Starring	Nedumudi Venu; Bahadur ; Prathap Pothan; KPAC Lalitha; Prameela; Kottayam Santha; Janardhanan
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	N. P. Suresh
Music by	M. G. Radhakrishnan (songs); Ousepachan / Johnson (score)
Production; company	Creative Unit
Distributed by	Creative Unit
Release date	24 November 1978;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Aaravam is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Bharathan. The film stars Nedumudi Venu, Prameela, Pratap Pothan, KPAC Lalitha, Bahadoor and Janardhanan in the lead roles. Actor Pratap Pothan was introduced in this film along with composer Ousepachan, who played the role of a fiddle player. The cinematography was handled by Ashok Kumar. The film has musical score by M. G. Radhakrishnan and background score by Johnson and Ousepachan. The story revolves around Marudhu, a village hunter and wanderer and his love interest named Kaveri, in the village, who runs a tea shop and how their life affected by the arrival of a Circus group in the village.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was a commercial failure.^[4]

Plot

The movie starts with a Hunting scene of Maruthu. He is a very distorted person. Maruthu hunts rabbits and local birds for a living. Kaveri runs a tea shop in the name of Kadavul Sahayam tea shop. Anthony is the bus driver in that village. Kaveri has affair with Anthony and Maruthu. But she cares more about Maruthu. Upon her request Maruthu stays with her as caretaker and so called Husband, this makes Anthony angry. Another different character in the movie is Kokkarako annan. He is fond of chickens, always keep two in his hands. He consider them as his sons. One day a circus team comes to that village and they get impressed by the tricks of Maruthu. Maruthu agrees to join them. He gets close to stripping girl. This make Kaveri a little desperate.

Cast

Nedumudi Venu as Maruthu
Prameela as Kaveri
KPAC Lalitha as Alamelu
Prathap Pothen as Kokkarakko Annan
Kottayam Santha as Mrs. Murukayya
Ouseppachan
Manavalan Joseph
Pattom Sadan
Maniyanpilla Raju
Bahadoor as Murukayya
Janardanan as Anthony
Suchitra
Ouseppachan as fiddle player
Hamza
Sudheer Kumar
Basheer

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan and the lyrics were written by Kavalam Narayana Panicker.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"Ezhu Nilayulla Chaayakkada"	Ambili	Kavalam Narayana Panicker
2	"Jillam Jillam"	K. J. Yesudas	Kavalam Narayana Panicker
3	"Kaattil Thekkannam Kaattil"	S. Janaki	Kavalam Narayana Panicker
4	"Mukkutti Thiruthali"	K. J. Yesudas	Kavalam Narayana Panicker

References

^ "Aaravam". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
^ "Aaravam". malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
^ "Aaravam". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
^ John Paul 35 | Charithram Enniloode | Safari TV, 5 July 2021, retrieved 17 February 2023