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	'''''Chaakara''''' is a ~~[[Malayalam films of~~ 1980~~\|1980]]~~ [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Malayalam]] film, directed by [[P. G. Viswambharan]]. The film stars [[Jayan]], [[Seema (actress)\|Seema]], [[Srividya]] and [[Sukumaran]] in the lead roles. The film has musical score by [[G. Devarajan]]. The movie catapulted actor [[Jayan]] to superstardom. The movie is based on Gopinath Panangad's novel which appeared in Manorajyam. The movie also features the evergreen Malayalam song "Suhasiniee Subhashinee".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1117\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2473\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016081042/http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2473\|archivedate=16 October 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/chaakara-malayalam-movie/\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref>		'''''Chaakara''''' is a 1980 [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Malayalam]] film, directed by [[P. G. Viswambharan]]. The film stars [[Jayan]], [[Seema (actress)\|Seema]], [[Srividya]] and [[Sukumaran]] in the lead roles. The film has musical score by [[G. Devarajan]]. The movie catapulted actor [[Jayan]] to superstardom. The movie is based on Gopinath Panangad's novel which appeared in Manorajyam. The film was shot in Chavakkad and various other parts in Thrissur district. The scenes of the beach were fully shot in Chavakkad where the shooting unit halted for more days. The movie also features the evergreen Malayalam song "Suhasiniee Subhashinee".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1117\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2473\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016081042/http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2473\|archivedate=16 October 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/chaakara-malayalam-movie/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016033526/http://spicyonion.com/title/chaakara-malayalam-movie/\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=16 October 2014\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref>

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Sethu Madhavan ~~(Jayan)~~ returns from jail to take his vengeance on Shaji who had falsely implicated him . He is repudiated by his family except his younger sister and finds shelter in an abandoned boat house on the beach -waiting for his chance to kill his enemies. He is stayed by the thought that Nimmi ~~(Srividya)~~ the woman he had loved in College -and incidentally Shaji's wife now -would be devastated if he murders Shaji. Rani ~~(Seema)~~ is the irrepressible,cheeky daughter of a ~~fisher woman~~ and working at Shaji's factory. She takes an interest in Sethu Madhavan after he comes to her help in fending off Shaji's unwelcome attention. The two grow closer and she frankly admits her love for him. He is persuaded by Nimmi and Rani to give up ~~hisvengeance~~ after Head Constable Kuttan ~~Pilla~~, the other man in his list to be murdered turns up mad. It seems fate is dealing with his enemies, especially with the arrival of a sympathetic new S.I,Devarajan ~~(Sukumaran)~~ in town. But Shaji is not about to give up, especially after Nimmi his own wife bears witness against him.		Sethu Madhavan returns from jail to take his vengeance on Shaji who had falsely implicated him. He is repudiated by his family except his younger sister and finds shelter in an abandoned boat house on the beach -waiting for his chance to kill his enemies. He is stayed by the thought that Nimmi the woman he had loved in College -and incidentally Shaji's wife now -would be devastated if he murders Shaji. Rani is the irrepressible, cheeky daughter of a fisherwoman and working at Shaji's factory. She takes an interest in Sethu Madhavan after he comes to her help in fending off Shaji's unwelcome attention. The two grow closer and she frankly admits her love for him. He is persuaded by Nimmi and Rani to give up his vengeance after Head Constable Kuttan Pillai, the other man on his list to be murdered turns up mad. It seems fate is dealing with his enemies, especially with the arrival of a sympathetic new S.I, Devarajan in town. But Shaji is not about to give up, especially after Nimmi his own wife bears witness against him.

	==Cast==		==Cast==
	*[[Jayan]] as Sethu Madhavan		*[[Jayan]] as Sethu Madhavan
	*[[Seema (actress)\|Seema]] as Rani		*[[Seema (actress)\|Seema]] as Rani
	*[[T. G. Ravi]]as Shaji, Nimmi's ~~Husband~~		*[[T. G. Ravi]] as Shaji, Nimmi's husband
	*[[Srividya]] as Nimmi		*[[Srividya]] as Nimmi
	*[[Sukumaran]]as Devarajan, new SI		*[[Sukumaran]] as Devarajan, new Sub Inspector
	*[[Jalaja]]as Gigi, Sethu's Sister		*[[Jalaja]] as Gigi, Sethu's Sister
	*[[K. P. A. C. Azeez]] as Sivaraman Nair, ~~Old SI~~		*[[K. P. A. C. Azeez]] as Sivaraman Nair, former Sub Inspector
	*[[Kunjandi]] as Shankaran Master		*[[Kunjandi]] as Shankaran Master
	*[[Santha Devi]] as Sethu's mother		*[[Santha Devi]] as Sethu's mother
	*[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Kuttan ~~Pilla~~, Head Constable		*[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Kuttan Pillai, Head Constable
	*[[Mala Aravindan]] as Kochu ~~Pilla~~		*[[Mala Aravindan]] as Kochu Pillai
	*[[Kunchan (actor)]]as Narayanan, Constable		*[[Kunchan (actor)\|Kunchan]] as Narayanan, Constable

	==Soundtrack==		==Soundtrack==
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	==Box office==		==Box office==
	The film was a major blockbuster.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|title=Veteran Malayalam director P G Viswambharan dead\|work=[[Sify]]\|date=16 June 2010\|access-date=12 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312204919/http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|archive-date=12 March 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/P.G.-Viswambharan-dead/article16249364.ece~~/amp~~/\|title=P.G. Viswambharan dead\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Enigma of Malayalam legend Jayan lives on\|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/movies-music/movie-news/enigma-of-malayalam-legend-jayan-lives-on-1.5209353\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|date=15 November 2020}}</ref>		The film was a major blockbuster.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|title=Veteran Malayalam director P G Viswambharan dead\|work=[[Sify]]\|date=16 June 2010\|access-date=12 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312204919/http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|archive-date=12 March 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/P.G.-Viswambharan-dead/article16249364.ece/\|title=P.G. Viswambharan dead\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Enigma of Malayalam legend Jayan lives on\|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/movies-music/movie-news/enigma-of-malayalam-legend-jayan-lives-on-1.5209353\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|date=15 November 2020}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:~~Indian~~ films]]		[[Category:1980 Malayalam-language films]]
	[[Category:~~1980s Malayalam-language films~~]]		[[Category:Films shot in Thrissur]]
	[[Category:Films directed by P. G. Viswambharan]]		[[Category:Films directed by P. G. Viswambharan]]


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	'''''Chaakara''''' is a [[Malayalam films of 1980\|1980]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Malayalam]] film, directed by [[P. G. Viswambharan]]. The film stars [[Jayan]], [[Seema (actress)\|Seema]], [[Srividya]] and [[Sukumaran]] in the lead roles. The film has musical score by [[G. Devarajan]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1117\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2473\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016081042/http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2473\|archivedate=16 October 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/chaakara-malayalam-movie/\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref>		'''''Chaakara''''' is a [[Malayalam films of 1980\|1980]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Malayalam]] film, directed by [[P. G. Viswambharan]]. The film stars [[Jayan]], [[Seema (actress)\|Seema]], [[Srividya]] and [[Sukumaran]] in the lead roles. The film has musical score by [[G. Devarajan]]. The movie catapulted actor [[Jayan]] to superstardom. The movie is based on Gopinath Panangad's novel which appeared in Manorajyam. The movie also features the evergreen Malayalam song "Suhasiniee Subhashinee".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1117\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2473\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016081042/http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2473\|archivedate=16 October 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/chaakara-malayalam-movie/\|title=Chaakara\|accessdate=2014-10-11\|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref>

			==Plot==
			Sethu Madhavan (Jayan) returns from jail to take his vengeance on Shaji who had falsely implicated him . He is repudiated by his family except his younger sister and finds shelter in an abandoned boat house on the beach -waiting for his chance to kill his enemies. He is stayed by the thought that Nimmi (Srividya) the woman he had loved in College -and incidentally Shaji's wife now -would be devastated if he murders Shaji. Rani (Seema) is the irrepressible,cheeky daughter of a fisher woman and working at Shaji's factory. She takes an interest in Sethu Madhavan after he comes to her help in fending off Shaji's unwelcome attention. The two grow closer and she frankly admits her love for him. He is persuaded by Nimmi and Rani to give up hisvengeance after Head Constable Kuttan Pilla, the other man in his list to be murdered turns up mad. It seems fate is dealing with his enemies, especially with the arrival of a sympathetic new S.I,Devarajan (Sukumaran) in town. But Shaji is not about to give up, especially after Nimmi his own wife bears witness against him.

	==Cast==		==Cast==
	*[[Jayan]] as Sethu		*[[Jayan]] as Sethu Madhavan
	*[[Seema (actress)\|Seema]] as Rani		*[[Seema (actress)\|Seema]] as Rani
			*[[T. G. Ravi]]as Shaji, Nimmi's Husband
	*[[Srividya]] as Nimmi		*[[Srividya]] as Nimmi
	*[[Sukumaran]]		*[[Sukumaran]]as Devarajan, new SI
	*[[Jalaja]]		*[[Jalaja]]as Gigi, Sethu's Sister
			*[[K. P. A. C. Azeez]] as Sivaraman Nair, Old SI
	*[[Kunjandi]] as Shankaran Master		*[[Kunjandi]] as Shankaran Master
	*[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Kuttan Pilla		*[[Santha Devi]] as Sethu's mother
			*[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Kuttan Pilla, Head Constable
	*[[Mala Aravindan]] as Kochu Pilla		*[[Mala Aravindan]] as Kochu Pilla
	*[[~~Santha Devi]]~~		*[[Kunchan (actor)]]as Narayanan, Constable
	*[[T. G. Ravi]]

	==Soundtrack==		==Soundtrack==
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	==Box office==		==Box office==
	The film was a major ~~commercial success~~.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|title=Veteran Malayalam director P G Viswambharan dead\|work=[[Sify]]\|date=16 June 2010\|access-date=12 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312204919/http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|archive-date=12 March 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/P.G.-Viswambharan-dead/article16249364.ece/amp/\|title=P.G. Viswambharan dead\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Enigma of Malayalam legend Jayan lives on\|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/movies-music/movie-news/enigma-of-malayalam-legend-jayan-lives-on-1.5209353\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|date=15 November 2020}}</ref>		The film was a major blockbuster.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|title=Veteran Malayalam director P G Viswambharan dead\|work=[[Sify]]\|date=16 June 2010\|access-date=12 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312204919/http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|archive-date=12 March 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/P.G.-Viswambharan-dead/article16249364.ece/amp/\|title=P.G. Viswambharan dead\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Enigma of Malayalam legend Jayan lives on\|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/movies-music/movie-news/enigma-of-malayalam-legend-jayan-lives-on-1.5209353\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|date=15 November 2020}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{~~IMDB~~ title\|0331931\|Chaakara}}		* {{IMDb title\|0331931\|Chaakara}}

	[[Category:1980 films]]		[[Category:1980 films]]

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	The film was a major commercial success.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|title=Veteran Malayalam director P G Viswambharan dead\|work=[[Sify]]\|date=16 June 2010\|access-date=12 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312204919/http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|archive-date=12 March 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/P.G.-Viswambharan-dead/article16249364.ece/amp/\|title=P.G. Viswambharan dead\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=17 June 2010}}</ref>		The film was a major commercial success.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|title=Veteran Malayalam director P G Viswambharan dead\|work=[[Sify]]\|date=16 June 2010\|access-date=12 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312204919/http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617\|archive-date=12 March 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/P.G.-Viswambharan-dead/article16249364.ece/amp/\|title=P.G. Viswambharan dead\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Enigma of Malayalam legend Jayan lives on\|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/movies-music/movie-news/enigma-of-malayalam-legend-jayan-lives-on-1.5209353\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|date=15 November 2020}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Chaakara
| image = Chaakara (film).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[P. G. Viswambharan]]
| producer =
| writer = Gopinath Panangad <br /> [[Thoppil Bhasi]] (dialogues)
| screenplay = Thoppil Bhasi
| starring = [[Jayan]] <br /> [[Seema (actress)|Seema]] <br /> [[Srividya]] <br /> [[Sukumaran]]
| music = [[G. Devarajan]]
| cinematography = C. Ramachandra Menon
| editing = G. Murali
| studio = Thushara Films
| distributor = Thushara Films
| released = {{Film date|1980|10|18|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}

'''''Chaakara''''' is a [[Malayalam films of 1980|1980]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Malayalam]] film, directed by [[P. G. Viswambharan]]. The film stars [[Jayan]], [[Seema (actress)|Seema]], [[Srividya]] and [[Sukumaran]] in the lead roles. The film has musical score by [[G. Devarajan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1117|title=Chaakara|accessdate=2014-10-11|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2473|title=Chaakara|accessdate=2014-10-11|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016081042/http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2473|archivedate=16 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/chaakara-malayalam-movie/|title=Chaakara|accessdate=2014-10-11|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Jayan]] as Sethu
*[[Seema (actress)|Seema]] as Rani
*[[Srividya]] as Nimmi
*[[Sukumaran]]
*[[Jalaja]]
*[[Kunjandi]] as Shankaran Master
*[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Kuttan Pilla
*[[Mala Aravindan]] as Kochu Pilla
*[[Santha Devi]]
*[[T. G. Ravi]]

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[G. Devarajan]] and the lyrics were written by G. K. Pallath.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Anjana Sreedhara" || [[P. Madhuri]] || ||
|-
| 2 || "Kuliru Kuliru" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], P. Madhuri || G. K. Pallath ||
|-
| 3 || "Suhaasini Subhaashini" || K. J. Yesudas || G. K. Pallath ||
|}

==Box office==
The film was a major commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617|title=Veteran Malayalam director P G Viswambharan dead|work=[[Sify]]|date=16 June 2010|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312204919/http://www.sify.com/entertainment/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14945617|archive-date=12 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/P.G.-Viswambharan-dead/article16249364.ece/amp/|title=P.G. Viswambharan dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 June 2010}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDB title|0331931|Chaakara}}

[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by P. G. Viswambharan]]

{{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub}}