Chemmeen
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Hand drawn poster featuring Sheela
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| Directed by | Ramu Kariat |
| Produced by | Babu Ismail Sait (Chemmeen Babu) |
| Screenplay by | S. L. Puram Sadanandan |
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Chemmeen by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai |
| Starring |
Sheela Madhu Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair Sathyan |
| Music by | Salil Chowdhury |
| Cinematography | Marcus Bartley, U. Rajagopal |
| Edited by |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Hariprasad.M |
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Kanmani Films
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
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| Soundtrack album by Salil Chowdhury | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Genre | World Music | |||
| Label | HMV | |||
| Producer | Babu Ismail Sait | |||
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Chemmeen (Translation: The Prawn) is a 1965 Malayalam romantic drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. It was adapted into a screenplay by S. L. Puram Sadanandan, directed by Ramu Kariat, and produced by Babu Ismail Sait.
The film tells the story of a pre-marital and later extra-marital relationship between Karuthamma, the daughter of an ambitious Hindu fisherman, and Pareekutty, the son of a Muslim trader. The theme of the film is a popular legend among the fishermen communities along the coastal Kerala State in southern India regarding chastity. If a married fisher woman was faithless when her husband was out in the sea, the Sea Goddess (Kadalamma literally meaning Mother Sea) would consume him. The film's cast includes Sheela as Karuthamma, Madhu as Pareekutty, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Chembankunju, and Sathyan as Palani. Produced by Babu Ismail Sait under the banner of Kanmani Films, it features cinematography by Marcus Bartley and U. Rajagopal, and editing by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and K. D. George. The original score and songs were composed by Salil Chowdhury, with lyrics by Vayalar, and featuring the voices of K. J. Yesudas, P. Leela, Manna Dey and Santha P. Nair.
The film released on 19 August 1965. It received strongly positive critical reviews and was recognized as a technically and artistically brilliant film. It is usually cited as the first notable creative film in South India. It was also the first South Indian film to win the Indian President's Gold Medal for the Best Film, which it did so in 1965. It was screened at various international film festivals and won awards at the Cannes and Chicago festivals. The film was included in the list of 100 greatest Indian films by IBN Live.Chemmeen was dubbed and released in Hindi as Chemmeen Lahren and in English as The Anger of the Sea.
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