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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback<br />
| image = Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[K. G. George]] <br />
| story = K. G. George<br />
| screenplay = [[S. L. Puram Sadanandan]]<br />
| producer = [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Bharath Gopi]]<br />Nalini<br />[[Mammootty]]<br />
| music = [[M. B. Sreenivasan]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Shaji N. Karun]]<br />
| editing = [[MN Appu|M. N. Appu]] <br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|1983|11|12|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 172 minutes<ref name="encyclopedia" /><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback''''' ({{lit|The death of Lekha, a flashback}}) is a 1983 [[Malayalam]]-language film directed by [[K. G. George]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1460|title=Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback|accessdate=2014-10-19|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1798|title=Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback|accessdate=2014-10-19|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref> and produced by [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veteran actor Innocent passes away |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2023/03/26/veteran-actor-innocent-malayalam-movies-cancer-treatment-death.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Onmanorama}}</ref> The film was controversial because of the protagonist's similarities to the actress [[Shoba]], whose suicide in 1980 was highly publicized. In his biography, George admits that his inspiration to make the movie was indeed the suicide of Shobha, but adds that more importantly it was his long-time dream to make a film about 'cinema', which had never been tried before in the Malayalam industry at the time.<ref name="encyclopedia">{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=461 |orig-year=1994}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sunil |first=K. P. |date=25 December 1980 |title=Why do our actresses commit suicide? |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100821/page/n1771 |magazine=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] |volume=109 |page=39}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2020/05/09/actress-shobha-filmy-life-story-still-remain-endearing.html|title=Home}}</ref><br />
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The film was a commercial success. Although it did not receive any of the Kerala state Film awards, it garnered widespread critical acclaim and received awards outside Kerala. It was screened at several movie festivals namely the International Movie festival under the Indian Panorama division held in Bombay and also at the London Film Festival.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
A poor Malayali family reaches Madras to try their luck in the film industry with their daughter Shantamma. She slowly starts climbing the ladder of success and becomes popular actress Lekha. At the peak of her career she commits suicide by hanging herself. The film recounts events that leads to her suicide, including a stint as a prostitute succumbing to the pressure from her parents for the lust of quick money and her unsuccessful love affair with a director.<ref>[http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/george.html K.G.George<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]] as Lekha (Voice By Lisy)<br />
*[[Bharath Gopi]] as Suresh Babu<br />
*[[Nedumudi Venu]]<br />
*[[Venu Nagavally]]<br />
*[[Mammootty]] as Prem Sagar<br />
*[[Sarada (actress)|Sarada]] as Geetha<br />
*[[Meenakumari]]<br />
*[[Shubha (actress)|Shubha]] as Lekha's Mother<br />
*John Varghese as Lekha's Father<br />
*[[Mohan Jose]] as Lekha's uncle<br />
*[[Thodupuzha Vasanthi]]<br />
*[[Ramu (actor)|Ramu]]<br />
*[[Thilakan]]<br />
*[[Sreenivasan]] as Movie Director<br />
*[[Bharathan]] - cameo appearance<br />
* [[Ratheesh]] -cameo appearance<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[M. B. Sreenivasan]] and the lyrics were written by [[O. N. V. Kurup]].<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
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| 1 || "Enneyunarthiya Pularkalathil" (Kannillathe Nizhal Paambukal) || [[Selma George]] || [[O. N. V. Kurup]] ||<br />
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| 2 || "Mookathayude Souvarnam" || Selma George || O. N. V. Kurup ||<br />
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| 3 || "Prabhaamayi" || [[P. Jayachandran]], Selma George || O. N. V. Kurup ||<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0214875|Lekhayude Marnam: Oru Flashback }}<br />
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[[Category:1983 films]]<br />
[[Category:1983 Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. G. George]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. B. Sreenivasan]]<br />
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