Panchamrutham
Panchamrutham is a 1978 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Baby and produced by A.Sheriff. The film stars Jayan, Jayabharathi, Vidhubhala, Seema, Prem Nazir and Bhavani. The film has musical score by A.T Ummer.[1][2][3]
| Panchamrutham | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Baby |
| Written by | Baby S. L. Puram Sadanandan (dialogues) |
| Produced by | A.Sherriff |
| Starring | Jayan Jayabharathi Prem Nazir Seema Vidhubhala Ravikumar,Bhavani |
| Cinematography | Dhanya |
| Edited by | K. Sankunni |
| Music by | [AT Ummer] |
Production company | Dhanya Enterprises |
| Distributed by | Sree Murugalaya Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Box office | Super Hit |
Cast
- Jayan as James
- Jayabharathi as Stella
- Prem Nazir as Dr.Rajan
- Bhavani as Maya
- Ravikumar as Ravi
- Seema as Daniya Kuruvila
- Vidhubhala as Ramani
- Jose Prakash as Joseph Kuruvila
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Marykutty
- Kamalhassan (Guest Appearance) as Dr.Vinodh
- Shankharadi as Avarachan
- Meena as Mariamma
- Baby Sunathy as Young Daniya
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Watcher in Shimla
Soundtrack
The music was composed by A.T Ummer with lyrics by Sreekumaran Thampi.
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kumkuma Sandhyakalo" | K.J Yesudas | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 2 | "Meghangal Thazhum" | K.J Yesudas,S.Janaki | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 3 | "Meghangal Thazhum" | K.J Yesudas | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 4 | "Vaadakaveedozhinju" | P. Susheela | Sreekumaran Thampi | |
| 5 | "Pranaya Kalahamo" | K. J. Yesudas | Sreekumaran Thampi |
Plot
Dr.Joseph Kuruvila is a kind hearted man who and his wife adopted his Sisters son James after the death of his parents.After several years,His daughter Daniya Kuruvila who is very affectionately and deeply in love with James,and tries to get close to him,but James considers her as a sister.On the other hand Jame have a friend Dr. Rajan who is in love with Daniya but she doesn't knows it Ramesh is also be secretly loved by the Servent of his house Ramani also shows another story of the other friend of James Ravi and his lover Maya who is a Journalist.When James is posted as the new MD of Kuruvilas company he falls in love his new beautiful Stenographer Stella.At first she refuses his proposal because she is very poor and has to look after her family consisting of her Father her step mother who is very cruel and rude to her and also her step sisters who are young.She had to look after the entire family as she is the only earning person in their family.James feels pity over her after hearing the story and decides to marry her and he visits her house and her step mother is very that he is rich.Daniya cames to know about this and becomes very angry and tells to her father that she wants to marry James but Kuruvila decides James to get married to Stella.Distraught and devasted with anger Daniya decides to seek revenge by acting that she is happy infront of everyone and secretly visits black magic women hidumbi who gives her a necklase to give to Stella which doesn't allows James and Stella to get intimate.Daniya gives the necklase to Stella as a gift which she wears.James and Stella get married but on the first night she refuses to consummate their marriage when James came close to her she tells to him that she has hedache and sleeps.one day everyone finds Joseph Kuruvila as coma condition none of them knows the reason.After somany months Whenever James and Stella came close Daniya comes their and calls James.After somany months after their marriage everyone in the family thinks that why Stella is not getting pregnant.And James aunt tells to James and Stella to visit the Temple in Shimla which is very wondered and everyone's wish will be satisfied when visit the Temple.James and Stella unwillingly visits the temple by the orders of their family.When they visit Shimla Daniya plans to kill Stella by overfreezing her with ice.And when oneday they go for a walk Daniya with the help of the black magician traps Stella when she falls from a bridge and gets freezed in an ice cage.The necklase which was given Daniya had broken.James tries to rescue her and distroys the cage and takes Stella to a cottage and tells the Watcher of the cottage to call the doctor by giving him money when he wents to the doctor's clinic the clinic is closed and he goes away with the money.With no help James decides to save Stella anyway from dying and when he remembers Rajans thoughts that the two body temperature will reduce the cold of one body and heats up another body by Sexual Relationship.James decides to do that and have sexual contact with Stella which rescues her from being died.After the broke of the necklase Stella too falls in love with James.Daniya becomes over angered.They came back from the temple happily.After some months Stella gets pregnant which is very happiness to the whole family.Maya has a doubt over Daniya and secretly looks her and record her behaviours.One day Daniya plans to kill Stella and the child and put abortion pills and poison in an orange juice for Stella which was given by the Servent who is her partner.Stella have miscarriage and everyone rushes her to the hospital and the doctor says that the child is lost and Stella is also being poisoned and is at the deathbed.Rajan calls his friend the best poison specialist Dr.Vinodh and he reaches in time and saves Stella.Vinodh tells to James that someone had mixed poison in the drink everyone suspects the Servent and Daniya planly dismisses the servent.But Maya and Ravi says that they suspects Daniya but everyone doesn't belives.One day Joseph Kuruvila speaks and tells to Everyone that Daniya is a Mental patient who had suffered from psychic disorder at her school times and killed many people,and she had paralyzed him by giving him over dose of pills.James Rajan and other search for Stella but Daniya had taken away her to kill her.James finds out them and rescues Stella and Rajan takes Daniya to the treatment and she tells her whole story to him,when the day comes when daniyas treatment is over everyone cames to visit her but she is not there they gets a letter that is written by Daniya that she is going to end her life.Everyone rushes fast and finds Daniya at a top of a mountain when she tries to jump James rescues her but she tells that she has done many sins and killed many people's now she has realised all her mistakes she is not own to live in the world and by asking everyone forgiveness she ends her life.Rajan married poor Ramani by realising her real love for him.Stella and James lives happily.Maya and Ravi get married.
References
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