Several Malayalam novels and brief stories created by M. T. Vasudevan Nair (MT), have been successfully incited into films.
MT went on to furnish ‘Nirmalyam’ (1973) underneath a ensign of Novel Films. He wrote a script, dialogues and destined a film that was formed on his brief story ‘Pallivaalum Kaalchilambum.’
The film won a National endowment for best film in 1973 and P. J. Antony a best actor endowment for a overwhelming performance. The film also won Kerala state awards for 4 categories, best film, best director, modifying (Ravi) and for dialogues.
An art-house film about Kerala during a crossroads of modernisation, a film was shot in a remote village, Mookkuthala in South Malabar. The film had a vital change on Malayalam cinema of a 70s.
The film focussed on a slight of a temples in remote villages and hardships faced by a families contingent on temples. The film also forked a finger during cold-shouldering of a normal humanities of Kerala.
The star expel enclosed newcomers like Sukumaran, Ravi Menon and Sumitra in critical roles, and renouned artistes like P. J. Antony, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Santha Devi etc. Music was by K. Raghavan and credentials measure by M. B. Sreenivasan. The poems of Edasserry and compositions of Swati Thirunal were included.
The story revolves around an ancient church neglected for decades. The church is looked after by a Velichappad or a seer (P. J. Antony) whose family has been trustworthy to a church for generations.
The oracle’s wife, Narayani (Kaviyoor Ponnamma) struggles to run a domicile with a tiny income they get from a temple.
The oracle’s son Appu (Sukumaran) is prepared though unemployed. This turns him into a arrange of rebel. He mostly speaks and acts opposite church traditions, even defying his father who is dedicated to his pursuit as a oracle.
The oracle’s daughter, Ammini (Sumithra) helps her father during a temple. The misfortune influenced in a poverty-stricken family are maybe a dual younger daughters who mostly skip propagandize as they do not have books or garments to wear. In annoy of all this, a seer believes in a enchantress and hopes for a splendid future.
The church clergyman starts a tea emporium where a immature clergyman from a beside village, Brahmadattan (Ravi Menon), takes charge. Brahmadattan falls in adore with Ammini. In a meanwhile, a undone Appu attempts to sell a dedicated sword of a goddess, that is used by a seer while behaving a church rituals. A argue breaks out between father and son that formula in Appu being thrown out of a house. He leaves a village.
The encampment is strike by tiny pox. The people trust that a illness has widespread since of a abuse of a goddess. The seer decides to control a special charity to damp a goddess. Gradually a villagers start entrance behind to a church most to a pleasure of a oracle. Preparations for a ‘guruthi’ festival begin.
Brahmadattan seduces Ammini and leaves a village. On a festival day a seer finds out, most to his shock, that his mother has been offered her physique to a internal moneylender (Kunjandi) to keep a home glow burning. The seer is devastated.
The film ends with a shining scene. The seer dances before a goddess, spits during her face, strikes his front with a dedicated sword, compartment he falls down dead.
The songs by K.Raghavan was formed on folk tunes. The lines from Edasserry’s ‘Kaavile Paattu,’ ‘Samayamaayi samayamaayi…’ rendered by K. P. Brahmanandan, Padmini and L. R. Anjali was a hit. The other songs embody ‘Sree Mahadevanthanthe…’ (Brahmanandan-Padmini), a Swati Thirunal combination ‘Panimathimukhi bale…’ (Padmini-Mannoor Sukumari) and ‘Mundakappadathe …’ (Brahmanandan, Padmini, Chirayinkeezhu Soman Anjali).
Will be remembered: For winning a National endowment for best film and a best actor endowment for P. J. Antony. It will also be remembered as a entrance of M. T. Vasudevan Nair as executive and entrance of actors Sukumaran and Sumithra. ‘Nirmalyam’ was also a initial Malayalam film of Ravi Menon who had progressing acted in Mani Kaul’s Hindi film ‘Duvidha’ a same year.
