''Kavyamela'' is a 1965 Malayalam film written by
S. L. Puram Sadanandan and directed by M. Krishnan Nair, starring
Prem Nazir and
Sheela
Sheela Ravichandran (Born 22 March 1945) is an Indian actress and director who appears predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Paired with Prem Nazir, they hold the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films (130) together as he ...
in the lead roles. The film is best known for the performance by Prem Nazir and songs by
Dakshinamoorthy -
Vayalar team.
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''Kavyamela'' released on 22 October 1965. It won the
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.
The movie was a remake of the 1961 Kannada movie ''
Kantheredu Nodu'' produced by A K Velan. Velan, who had earlier sold the copyrights of the Kannada movie ''Kantheredu Nodu'' to T. E. Vasudevan for Rs.1000, subsequently purchased it back for Rs.5000 to remake it in Tamil for a 1968 movie titled ''Devi'', starring Muthuraman and Devika, which bombed at the box office.
Plot
Jayadevan (
Prem Nazir), the blind poet, has a burning passion to earn literary fame, but fate conspires to deny it to him for long. And when it comes, he disdains it.
Spurned by his sister and duped by the crook Vikraman (
Adoor Bhasi
K. Bhaskaran Nair (1 March 1929 – 29 March 1990), known by his stage name Adoor Bhasi, was an Indian actor and film director from Kerala. Adoor Bhasi was almost always cast as the man who stands next to the hero. His hilarious actions and role ...
), Jayadevan wanders from place to place and comes across a girl Sreedevi (
Sheela
Sheela Ravichandran (Born 22 March 1945) is an Indian actress and director who appears predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Paired with Prem Nazir, they hold the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films (130) together as he ...
), who, after initial suspicions, nurses him back to vision and falls in love with him. But ill-luck chases him even to prison.
Meanwhile, Vikram gets hold of Jayadevan's monumental work, the manuscript of his collection of poems, and publishes it in his own name which gains instant recognition. While Vikram is about to be honoured for this, Jayadevan succeeds in unfolding the truth. Yet in this moment of triumph and glory, he declines both the public encomium and the hand of Sridevi.
Cast
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Prem Nazir as Jayadevan
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Sheela
Sheela Ravichandran (Born 22 March 1945) is an Indian actress and director who appears predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Paired with Prem Nazir, they hold the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films (130) together as he ...
as Sreedevi
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Adoor Bhasi
K. Bhaskaran Nair (1 March 1929 – 29 March 1990), known by his stage name Adoor Bhasi, was an Indian actor and film director from Kerala. Adoor Bhasi was almost always cast as the man who stands next to the hero. His hilarious actions and role ...
as Vikraman
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G. K. Pillai as Dr. Panikkar
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Nellikkodu Bhaskaran
Nellikode Bhaskaran (21 April 1924 – 11 August 1988) was an Indian actor in Malayalam movies. His real name was Bhaskara Menon. He mostly played character roles and supporting roles.
Awards
Kerala State Film Awards
The Kerala St ...
as Balachandran, Dr. Panikkar's nephew
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Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai
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Nilambur Ayisha
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S. P. Pillai as Kamath
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Prathapachandran as Prasadakan
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P. Leela as herself
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P. B. Sreenivas as himself
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K. J. Yesudas as himself
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M. B. Sreenivasan as himself
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V. Dakshinamoorthy as himself
* Murali
* Saradadevi
* Ramesh
* Baby Saroja
* P.A Thomas
Production
The film was shot at Newton and Shyamala Studios. The film's story line is similar to
Guru Dutt's ''
Pyaasa'' (1957, Hindi).
However, the film is an official remake of a Kannada film by Velan. T. E. Vasudevan bought the rights of the film from Velan with a shoestring amount of 1000. Owing to the commercial success of Malayalam version, Velan wanted to remake the film into Tamil. He bought back the rights for 5000, and made the Tamil film ''Devi'' (1968), which however failed in the box office.
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Soundtrack
The music was composed by
V. Dakshinamoorthy
Malayalam
Lyrics were written by
Vayalar Ramavarma
Vayalar Ramavarma (March 25, 1928 – October 27, 1975), also known as Vayalar, was an Indian poet and lyricist of Malayalam language. He was known for his poems which include ''Sargasangeetham'', ''Mulankaadu'', ''Padamudrakal'', ''Aayisha'' a ...
.
Tamil
Lyrics were penned by Palladam Manickam.
Playback singers are
T. M. Soundararajan,
P. B. Srinivas and
P. Susheela.
References
External links
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Malayalam
1965 films
1960s Malayalam-language films
Malayalam remakes of Kannada films
Best Malayalam Feature Film National Film Award winners
Films directed by M. Krishnan Nair