''Kudumbini'' is a 1964 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

-language film, directed and produced by P. A. Thomas. The film stars Prem Nazir,

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 ...

Kaviyoor Ponnamma Kaviyoor Ponnamma is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She has also acted in TV serials and commercials and has playback singing cred ...

and

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 ...

. The film has musical score by

L. P. R. Varma Lakshmipuram Palace Pooram Thirunal Ravi Varma ( ml, എൽ.പി.ആർ. വർമ്മ) known as L.P.R. Varma (1926–2003) was a Carnatic musician, lyricist, music director, singer, screen writer, and actor. Life Varma was born in Lakshm ...

. The film received a certificate of merit at the annual National Film Awards. The movie was remade in Kannada in 1966 as '' Premamayi''.

Cast

* Prem Nazir *

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (16 October 191611 March 1997) was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor, though he is best known as an actor in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of Padma Shri fr ...

*K. K. Aroor *

Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai (1900–1979) was a Malayalam dramatist, poet, screen play writer and actor who was well known in the role of Ashaan in Kavyamela. He was born in 1900 in Muthukulam, a small village near Haripad in Alappuzha District ...

*Sreemoolanagaram Vijayan *P. A. Thomas *

Meena Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the st ...

Plot

Kaviyoor Ponnamma is married to Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, the eldest in a well to do family. The family is a joint family with Thikkurissi's younger brother Prem Nazir and a younger married sister Sharadha and their mother. Sharadha is the antagonist who tries her best to create misunderstanding between her family and the daughter in law of the family, Kaviyoor Ponnamma. Soon the misunderstandings are sorted and Prem Nazir falls in love with a feisty girl Janu (Sheela) and marries her. Janu turns out to be a mean spirited woman. Sharadha tries and succeeds in turning Janu against her elder sister in law. In the mix arrives the flamboyant son in law of the house, who is basically living off his wife's family. After some time of trying to get some money off his in laws, he is pressurized by the wife to take her to his place of work and residence. He is running a failing circus business with his girl friend. He is arrested for cheating his employees and Sharadha is left alone. Meanwhile, Janu drives out her brother in law and wife out of the house as the house is willed to her husband. A despondent Sharadha goes back to her brothers home but Janu doesn't accept her. She goes to her elder brother's home and is received warmly. Soon Janu goes into labour and the midwife informs Prem Nazir that she needs medical help. Janu is rushed for a caesarean and her elder sister in law donates her blood to save her, dying in the process. Janu decides to bring up her sister in laws son as her own.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by

Abhayadev Abhayadev (25 June 1913 – 26 July 2000) was an Indian poet and lyricist during the 1970s in Malayalam movies. He wrote lyrics for around 500 films and dialogues for 25 Malayalam movies. He was born as Ayyappan Pillai, to Karimalil Kesava Pillai ...

References

External links

* 1964 films 1960s Malayalam-language films Films directed by P. A. Thomas {{1960s-Malayalam-film-stub