https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Chettathi
Chettathi - Revision history
2026-07-30T17:52:16Z
Revision history for this page on the wiki
MediaWiki 1.45.4
https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Chettathi&diff=72881&oldid=prev
109.76.200.10 at 22:13, 24 January 2021
2021-01-24T22:13:32Z
<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}<br />
{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Chettathi<br />
| image =<br />
| image_size =<br />
| caption = Poster featuring Ambika, [[Sathyan]], [[Prem Nazir]]<br />
| director = [[Puttanna Kanagal|S. R. Puttanna Kanagal]]<br />
| producer = P A Thangal<br />
| screenplay = [[Puttanna Kanagal|S. R. Puttanna Kanagal]]<br />
| story = [[S. L. Puram Sadanandan]]<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Prem Nazir]] <br />[[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]] <br />[[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]] <br />Ambika (old) <br />[[Adoor Bhasi]] <br />[[Sukumari]]<br />
| music = M. S. [[Baburaj]]<br />
| cinematography = N. S. Mani<br />
| editing = V. P. Krishnan<br />
| distributor = Central Pictures Release<br />
| released = {{Film date|1965|11|26|df=y}}<br />
| runtime =<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
'''''Chettathi'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=149|title=Chettathi (1965)|website=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref> is a 1965 [[Malayalam language]] [[film]]. The film was directed by [[Puttanna Kanagal|S. R. Puttanna Kanagal]], starring Ambika, [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]] and [[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]] in the lead roles. Music of this film was done by M. S. [[Baburaj]]. It tells the story of a young widow. The core plot of the movie is partially inspired by [[Anasuya Shankar|Triveni]]'s Kannada novel ''Hannele Chiguridaga''.<br />
<br />
==Plot==<br />
Premachandran.([[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]]) is the elder son of Master.([[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]]). Nirmala (Ambika) is his [[fiancée]]. Premachandran, who is working in a factory at [[Coimbatore]] comes home after a long time for their marriage. Prabhakaran ([[Prem Nazir]]) is Premachandran's younger brother who is in love with Vasanthy. After marriage, Premachandran returns to work, leaving Nirmala at his home. Nirmala takes good care of her father-in-law and brother-in-law and gains their love. Meanwhile, Premachandran meets with an accident at work and dies. This shocks the whole family. Gopi, Prabhakarans's colleague who is a womanizer develops a love interest towards Nirmala and proposes to her. But she declines. Prabhakaran's love and respect towards Nirmala is misunderstood by his father. Nirmala, with a broken heart, leaves home and joins her sister Susheela and husband Viswanathan. Prabhakaran, who refused to marry, gets married at the request of Nirmala. Prabhakaran gets uneasy with his wife's lazy attitude and he begins to complain, comparing each and everything with Nirmala. This creates a problem in his marriage life. Viswanathan approaches Nirmala with the wrong intention, but fails. He tells Susheela that Nirmala tried to entice him. Susheela asks Nirmala to leave the house. She comes back to her husband's home. There she overhears the fight between Prabhakaran and Vasanthy. Knowing that her presence creates problems with everyone's life, she leaves home. Master and Prabhakaran follow her, but they find Nirmala in a disturbed mental state. Soon Nirmala dies.<br />
<br />
==Cast==<br />
* [[Prem Nazir]] as Prabhakaran<br />
* [[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]] as Premachandran<br />
* [[Ambika Sukumaran]] as Nirmala<br />
* [[Sukumari]] as Bharathi<br />
* [[Adoor Bhasi]] as Bharghavan<br />
* [[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]] as Master<br />
* [[Kottayam Chellappan]] as Viswanathan<br />
* [[T. K. Balachandran]] as Gopi<br />
* [[Ushakumari]] as Susheela<br />
* Chithra as Vasanthy<br />
* [[Prathapachandran]] as Gopi's Friend<br />
<br />
==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[M. S. Baburaj]] and the lyrics were written by [[Vayalar Ramavarma]].<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Aadiyil Vachanamundaayi" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || [[Vayalar Ramavarma]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Ee Premapanchavadiyil" || [[S. Janaki]] || Vayalar Ramavarma ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Kannanaamunni Urangu" || S. Janaki || Vayalar Ramavarma ||<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Pathinaaru Vayassu" (F) || [[P. Susheela]] || Vayalar Ramavarma ||<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Pathinaaru Vayassukazhinjaal" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], Prema || Vayalar Ramavarma ||<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Veedaayaal Vilakku" || S. Janaki, [[P. B. Sreenivas]] || Vayalar Ramavarma ||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Puttanna Kanagal}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chettathi}}<br />
[[Category:1965 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{1960s-Malayalam-film-stub}}</div>
109.76.200.10