Chemmeen
Chemmeen may be the most popular work by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. Ramu Kariat turned this Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award winning novel into a National Award winning movie. Chemmeen (1965), was the first Malayalam film to get the President's Gold Medal.It had music by Salil Chowdhury and editing by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Manna Dey sang for this film. Stars like Sathyan, Sheela, Madhu and Kottarakkara Sridharan Nair were in the leading roles. It was produced by Babu Sait of Kanmani Films.
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Sathyan, Sheela
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Sheela, Adoor Pankajam
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(clockwise from left) Newspaper advertisement for Chemmeen, Ramu Karyatt, Kanmani Babu Sait, Thakazhy Sivasankara Pillai.
6 Comments:
it is really nice
Hi,
Amazing.. Nice to see the Poster of Chemmen of 1974. Great Job.
Keep it up.
very appreciative thing. can remember good olden days by seeing the characters.Babu siat, Sathyan, Sheela, Ramu kariat, Madhu etc are coming lively into mind.
All best wishes for the web site.
dear readers
while reading about CHEMMEEN, i was remembering about my childhood. i had to travel a long distance to watch this movie.
i rememeber the acting of sathyan, adoor pankajam, kottarakkara, sheela etc.
there sathyan, kottarakkara and pankajam were glittering.
there is no actors born in malayalam like sathyan.
many similar movies screened like "chemmeen" but none of them could replace the fame of "chemmeen"
let me shower "aadaranjalikal" to late sathyan and kottarakkara sreedharn nair.
prakashettan@gmail.com
Like prakashettan said, Sathyansar was an incomparable actor. He left us at the peak of his career and we all will cherish his memory all along our life. Chemmeen is also the all-time-greatest with the ever-melodious songs, photography, story, direction and the acting. What a great contribution by Ramu Kariat, Babu Sait and Thakazhy to all the Keralites (and to India and to the world).
Chemmeen is the finest of all films so far made in Malayalam that excels in aesthetic and techinical perfection. The performances of the actors were lifelike as if they were picked from the fisherfolks of Neerkunnam,especially Sathyan and Kottarakkara. An actor with mastery over "Bhavabhinaya" , Sathyan standa aloof from all other actors in Malayalam screen with the exception of Thilakan.It is observed that now a days certain mimicry artists are trying to mimic Satyan obviously with the intention of discredting this great thespian.
-Gopalakrishnan, Haripad
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