Peruvazhiyambalam

Peruvazhiyambalam (transl. High Road Temple) is a 1979 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film written and directed by P. Padmarajan, based on his novel of the same name. The film was Padmarajan's directorial debut and the acting debut of Ashokan, who played the central character, Raman. The film is an incisive examination of how violence or totalitarianism works in our society; it dealt with disturbing questions relating to masculinity and how people adore and dread it at the same time. It was one of the last black-and-white Malayalam films.[1][2]

This article is about the 1979 film. For the novel it is based on, see Peruvazhiyambalam (novel).

Peruvazhiyambalam
Bharat Gopy, Ashokan and K. P. A. C. Lalitha in a still from the film
Directed byPadmarajan
Written byPadmarajan
Based onPeruvazhiyambalam
by Padmarajan
StarringAshokan
Bharat Gopy
Jose Prakash
K. P. A. C. Azeez
K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Ramesh
Geetha
CinematographyKannan Narayanan
Edited byRavi
Music byM. G. Radhakrishnan
Production
company
Prakash MovieTone
Release date
  • 6 August 1979 (1979-08-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

The Hindu described this film as one of the finest films in Malayalam.[3] It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. The film was included in IBN Live's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.[4]

Plot

Fifteen-year-old Raman lives alone with his older sister Bhagyam, their parents having died several years prior. The town bully Prabhakaran Pillai is killed by Raman. He escapes from murder charges by hiding from the police with the help of a teashop owner Viswambharan and a prostitute.

Cast

Accolades
National Film Awards
Kerala State Film Awards[5]

References
  1. "How Padmarajan's 'Peruvazhiyambalam' is forerunner to Malayalam's angry-young-men films". The News Minute. 5 January 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. Vijayakumar, B. (28 January 2018). "Peruvazhiyambalam: 1979". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  3. Venkiteswaran, C. S. (21 January 2010). "Storyteller beyond compare". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. "100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time". IBN Live. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. "State Film Awards". Kerala Government. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
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