''Karunyam'' is a 1997 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 ...

-language family drama film written and directed by

A. K. Lohithadas Ambazhathil Karunakaran Lohithadas (10 May 1955 – 28 June 2009) was an Indian screenwriter, playwright, film maker, and producer who worked in the Malayalam film industry. In a career spanning over two decades, his films have won a Nationa ...

starring,

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Bhojpuri language films. He is also a chenda ...

Murali Murali may refer to: People Mononyms *Murali (Malayalam actor) (1954–2009), name of Malayalam film actor Muraleedharan Pillai, who appeared in ''Neythukaran'' and ''Aadhaaram'' *Murali (Tamil actor) (1964–2010), Tamil actor who appeared ...

and

Divya Unni Divyaa Unni is an Indian former actress and classical dancer of Indian origin who teaches various forms of dance such as Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattom. As an actress, she mainly appeared in Malayalam language films, in addition to ...

in the leading roles. The film discusses the mishaps faced by an unemployed man in his family. It is considered one of the best scripts written by A. K Lohithadas. The major portions of the film was shot in

Lakkidi, Palakkad Lakkidi or Lakkidi Perur is a small village in Ottapalam Taluk of Palakkad district, Kerala, India. It is located 23 km west of Palakkad on the Palakkad - Pattambi Road. The nearest town is Ottapalam, which is 10 km away. Lakkidi is ...

. The performances from the lead cast were well appreciated, especially that of Murali, who plays the complex character of a loving but stressed father, who sacrifices everything for his family. It is considered to be one of the finest performances from Murali.

Cast

as V. G. Satheesh Kumar / Satheeshan *

as Gopinathan Nair *

as Indu * Janardhanan as K. K. Nair *

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in M ...

as Sukumaran * Rehana Navas as Anu *

Kalabhavan Mani Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a Impersonator, mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had ...

as Rajan * Chandni Shaju as Jayasree *

Sreenivasan Sreenivasan (born 6 April 1956) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, dubbing artist and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Sreenivasan has starred in over 225 films. Sreenivasan wrote the screenplays of films such a ...

as Gopalakrishnan * Kamala Devi as Satheeshan's Mother * Salu Kuttanadu as Narayanan

Soundtrack

Music and Lyrics:

Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Kaithapram, is a Malayalam lyricist, poet, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, music therapist and performer of Carnatic music. He debuted with the movie Ennennum Kannettante in 19 ...

* "Daivame Ninte" -

K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas ( /jeːʃud̪aːs/; born 10 January 1940) is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and film songs. He is widely considered one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian m ...

, Master Devadarshan * "Daivame Ninte" - Master Devadarshan * "Marakkumo Neeyente" (M) - K. J. Yesudas * "Marakkumo Neeyente" (F) - K. S. Chitra * "Poomukham Vidarnnal" - K. J. Yesudas * "Valampiri Shankil" - K. J. Yesudas * "Maranjupoyathenthe" - K. J. Yesudas

References

External links

* 1990s Malayalam-language films Indian family films Indian drama films Films shot in Palakkad Films shot in Ottapalam Films directed by A. K. Lohithadas Films scored by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub