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{{short description|1972 film}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Achanum Bappayum
| image          = Achanum Bappayum.jpg
| image_size     =
| caption        =
| director       = [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]]
| producer       = C. C. Baby
| writer         = [[K. T. Muhammed]]
| narrator       = 
| starring       = [[K. P. Ummer]]<br>[[Jayabharathi]]<br>[[Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair]]<br>[[Adoor Bhasi]] and Bhahadoor
| music          = [[Devarajan]]<br>Lyrics: [[Vayalar Ramavarma]]
| cinematography = Namas
| editing        = P. B. Narayanan
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|1972|7|21|df=y}}
| runtime        =
| country        = India
| language       = Malayalam
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}
'''''Achanum Bappayum''''' is a 1972 [[Malayalam]] film directed by [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] and written by [[K. T. Muhammed]]. It stars [[K. P. Ummer]], [[Jayabharathi]], [[Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair]], [[Adoor Bhasi]] and [[Baby Sumathi]] in important roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=401|title=Achanum Baappayum|access-date=2014-10-15|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?166 |title=Achanum Baappayum |access-date=2014-10-15 |publisher=malayalasangeetham.info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328072125/http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?166 |archive-date=28 March 2015 }}</ref> It won the [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121109063438/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/06/18/stories/2010061857770100.htm "Auteur par excellence"]. ''The Hindu''. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2011.</ref> [[K. J. Yesudas]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]] and [[Vayalar Ramavarma]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics]] for the song " Manushyan Mathangale".

==Plot==
Krishnan ([[Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair]]) a Hindu man comes back from the jail after completing his sentence for killing his wife. He starts staying with his  sister who is a follower of Sree Narayana Guru and her husband ([[Adoor Bhasi]] ) who is a communist. One night a Muslim lady comes to their house and dies leaving a new born baby girl. Krishnan decides to adopt the child even against the protest from his sister, brother in law and Muslim and Hindu communities. He allows the girl to learn Islam religion and follow it. But he faces more problems when the girl reaches marriage age and falls in love with his nephew. 

==Cast==
* [[Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair]] as Krishnan
* [[K. P. Ummer]] as Mustafa
* [[Jayabharathi]] as Aamina
* [[Adoor Bhasi]] as Madhavan
* Ayyappan Pillai
* [[Bahadoor]] as Abdulla
* [[Vincent (actor)|Vincent]] as Devadas
* [[Karan (actor)|Master Raghu]] as Devadas
* Vijayakumari
* [[Meenakumari]]
* [[Philomina]] as Pathumma
* [[M. K. Kamalam]]
* Baby [[Sumathi (actress)|Sumathi]] as Aamina
* Sreemoolanagaram Vijayan

==Soundtrack== 
The music was composed by [[G. Devarajan]] and the lyrics were written by [[Vayalar Ramavarma]]. 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|- 
| 1 || "Daivame Kaithozhaam" || [[P. Madhuri]] || [[Vayalar Ramavarma]] || 
|- 
| 2 || "Kanninum Kannaadikkum" || [[P. Susheela]] || Vayalar Ramavarma || 
|- 
| 3 || "Kulikkumbololichu Njan" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || Vayalar Ramavarma || 
|- 
| 4 || "Manushyan Mathangale" || K. J. Yesudas || Vayalar Ramavarma || 
|- 
| 5 || "Mohathinte Mukham" || K. J. Yesudas || Vayalar Ramavarma || 
|- 
| 6 || "Oru Matham Oru Jathi" || P. Madhuri, [[P. B. Sreenivas]], Chorus || Vayalar Ramavarma || 
|- 
| 7 || "Ponninte Kolusumittu" || P. Madhuri, Chorus || Vayalar Ramavarma || 
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120927150811/http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?166 ''Achanum Bappayum''] at the Malayalam Movie Database

{{Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration}}

[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan]]
[[Category:Best Film on National Integration National Film Award winners]]


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