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{{Infobox film
| name = Olavum Theeravum
| image = Olavum Theeravum.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]]
| producer = [[P. A. Backer]]
| writer = [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]
| based_on = {{based on|''Olavum Theeravum''|M. T. Vasudevan Nair}}
| narrator =
| starring = [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]]<br /> Usha Nandini
| music = [[M. S. Baburaj]]
| cinematography = [[Mankada Ravi Varma]]
| editing = Ravi
| studio = Charuchithra
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1970|02|27|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Olavum Theeravum''''' (''Waves and the Shore'') is a 1970 [[Malayalam]]-language film directed by [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]] and written by [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]] based on his own short story of the same title, published in an anthology of short stories in 1957. The story is about a [[Muslim]] trader who falls in love with his dead friend's sister who is the daughter of a prostitute.<ref>{{cite book |title=Conscience of the race: India's offbeat cinema |url=https://archive.org/details/conscienceofrace00rayb |last=Ray |first=Bibekananda |author2=Naveen Joshi |year=2005 |publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India |isbn=978-81-230-1298-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/conscienceofrace00rayb/page/112 112] }}</ref> But the girl's mother forces her to marry a wealthy man who has an eye on her. She rejects him but is raped by him and commits suicide. The film was produced by [[P. A. Backer]], who later turned director, under the banner of Charuchithra.

''Olavum Theeravum'' has been credited with helping to bring about a "flowering of art-house films that have today become the defining quality of Malayalam cinema",<ref>{{cite book |title=Pop culture India!: media, arts, and lifestyle |last=Kasbekar |first=Asha |year=2006 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=978-1-85109-636-7 |page=235 }}</ref> with being Malayalam cinema's "breakthrough into realism",<ref>{{cite book |title=Waterlines, the Penguin book of river writings |last=Baviskar |first=Amita |year=2003 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=978-0-14-303038-6 |page=206 }}</ref> and as "a watershed in the history of Malayalam cinema".<ref>{{cite journal |year=2001 |journal=South Asian Cinema |publisher=South Asian Cinema Foundation |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=47 }}</ref> The tragic realism in this art-house movie, which was also a commercial hit, later became a definitive formula for a whole generation of Malayalam directors, including P. A. Backer. MT's flawless script centering on the love affair of a trader with the daughter of a sex worker was the base on which P.N. Menon made this classic, which became a trendsetter for the realistic way of making movies in Malayalam. It is rightly regarded as one of the milestones in Malayalam cinema.<ref>{{cite news|title=Screenplays for ever|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/screenplays-for-ever/article6449094.ece|agency=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 September 2014}}</ref>

==Plot==
Timber traders Bapputty (Madhu) and Abdu (Nellikkodu Bhaskaran) are friends. Ashamed of his mother Beevathu's (Philomina) immoral life after his father's death, Abdu runs away from his native village Vazhakkadavu and is engaged in timber trading. Abdu never returns to his home after that. On the way to the trading centre after loading timber from the forest Abdu falls ill and dies on the way. Bapputty reaches Beevathu's hut with Abdu's dead body. Bapputty takes pity on the family and decides to support them.

Here, Bapputty falls in love with Abdu's only sister Nabeesa (Usha Nandini) who also hates her mother's way of life but is helpless. Bapputty takes a decision to make enough money, marry Nabeesa and live happily. He leaves the village to distant timber depots to realise this dream.

Meanwhile, a rich trader Kunjali (Jose Prakash) who was away from his native village for a long time now returns. His sees Nabeesa and makes advances. Beevathu, who only thinks of making money, encourages Nabeesa to befriend Kunjali, but she avoids going anywhere near him. She keeps waiting for Bapputty to return and take her away. One day, with Beevathu's support Kunjali molests Nabeesa. On that fateful day Bapputty reaches the village and is heartbroken at the happenings. But the kind-hearted Bapputty who loved Nabeesa sincerely, affirms his decision to marry her. Nabeesa refuses and pleads with him to leave her. The film ends with Nabeesa's suicide and Bapputty staring at her swollen corpse washed ashore as he leaves the village.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] as Baputty
*[[Ushanandini]] as Nabeesa
*[[Jose Prakash]] as Kunjali
*[[Nilambur Balan]] as Mooppan
*Abbas as Butcher Moosa
*Ali
*[[Alummoodan]] as Narayanan
*Kunjava
*[[Mala Aravindan]]
*[[Nellikode Bhaskaran]] as Abdukka
*[[Nilambur Ayisha]] as Ayisha
*[[Paravoor Bharathan]] as Suleiman
*Pariyanampatta as Kadathukaaran Mammathu
*[[Philomina]] as Beevaathu
*[[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]]
*[[T. Damodaran]]
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Baburaj]] with lyrics by [[P. Bhaskaran]] and [[Moinkutty Vaidyar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Chaampakkam Cholayil" || [[S. Janaki]] || [[P. Bhaskaran]] ||
|-
| 2 || "Idakkonnu Chirichu" || S. Janaki || P. Bhaskaran ||
|-
| 3 || "Kandaarakkattummel" || [[M. S. Baburaj]] || [[Moinkutty Vaidyar]] ||
|-
| 4 || "Kavililulla Maarivillinu" || [[P. Leela]], Chorus || P. Bhaskaran ||
|-
| 5 || "Manimaaran Thannathu" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], Machad Vasanthi || P. Bhaskaran ||
|-
| 6 || "Oyye Enikkondu" || [[M. S. Baburaj]], C. A. Aboobacker || Moinkutty Vaidyar ||
|-
| 7 || "Thadaki Manathe" || M. S. Baburaj || Moinkutty Vaidyar ||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0240777|Olavum Theeravum}}
* [http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/old-is-gold-olavum-theeravum-1970/article5740272.ece "Old is Gold: Olavum Theeravum (1970)"]
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[[Category:1970 films]]
[[Category:1970 drama films]]
[[Category:1970s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]

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