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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Peruvazhiyambalam<br />
| image = Peruvazhiyambalam.jpg<br />
| caption = Bharath Gopi, Ashokan and K. P. A. C. Lalitha in ''Peruvazhiyambalam''<br />
| director = [[Padmarajan]]<br />
| producer = Prakash MovieTone<br />
| screenplay = [[Padmarajan]]<br />
| based_on = {{based on|[[Peruvazhiyambalam (novel)|''Peruvazhiyambalam'']]|[[Padmarajan]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]]<br />[[Bharath Gopi]]<br />[[Jose Prakash]]<br />[[K. P. A. C. Azeez]]<br />[[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]]<br />Ramesh<br />[[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]<br />
| music = [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]]<br>[[Kavalam]] (lyrics)<br />
| editing = Ravi<br />
| distributor = Prakash Movietone<br />
| cinematography = Kannan Narayanan<br />
| released = {{Film date|1979|8|6|df=y}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Peruvazhiyambalam''''' is a 1979 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language drama film written and directed by [[P. Padmarajan]], based on his [[Peruvazhiyambalam (novel)|novel of the same name]]. The film was Padmarajan's directorial debut and the acting debut of [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]], who played the central character, Raman. The film is an incisive examination of how violence or totalitarianism works in our society; it dealt with disturbing questions relating to masculinity and how people adore and dread it at the same time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-05|title=How Padmarajan’s ‘Peruvazhiyambalam’ is forerunner to Malayalam’s angry-young-men films|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-padmarajan-s-peruvazhiyambalam-forerunner-malayalam-s-angry-young-men-films-115404|access-date=2021-07-06|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref><br />
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''[[The Hindu]]'' described this film as one of the finest films in Malayalam.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article83514.ece "Storyteller beyond compare"]</ref> It won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]. The film was included in [[IBN Live]]'s list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.<ref name=IBN1>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200-80.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425235144/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200-80.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 April 2013 |title=100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time |work=[[IBN Live]]|date=26 April 2013}}</ref><ref name=IBN2>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mayabazar-is-indias-greatest-film-ever-ibnlive-poll/391184-8-66.html |title='Mayabazar' is India's greatest film ever: IBNLive poll|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6W5lwHhfU?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150204142913/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mayabazar-is-indias-greatest-film-ever-ibnlive-poll/391184-8-66.html |archive-date=4 February 2015 |work=[[IBN Live]] |url-status=dead |date=12 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=IBN3>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130501074840/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ibnlive-poll-vote-for-indias-greatest-film-of-all-time/387871-8.html "IBNLive Poll: Vote for India's greatest film of all time"]. [[IBN Live]]. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Fifteen-year-old Raman ([[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]]) lives alone with his older sister Bhagyam, their parents having died several years prior. The town bully Prabhakaran Pillai ([[K. P. A. C. Azeez]]) is killed by Raman. He escapes from murder charges by hiding from the police with the help of a teashop owner ([[Bharath Gopi]]) and a prostitute ([[K.P.A.C. Lalitha]]).<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] as Raman/Mani <br />
*[[Bharath Gopi]] as Viswambharan (Teashop owner)<br />
*[[Jose Prakash]] as Paramu Nair<br />
*[[Sukumari]] as Paramu Nair's wife<br />
*[[K. P. A. C. Azeez]] as Prabhakaran Pillai<br />
* [[Santhakumari (Malayalam actress)|Santhakumari]] as Prabhakaran Pillai's wife<br />
*[[K. P. A. C. Lalitha|K P A C Lalitha]] as Kunnumpurath Devayani, the prostitute<br />
*[[Krishnankutty Nair|Krishnan Kutty Nair]] as Vaidhyan<br />
*[[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]<br />
*Valsala Premdevdas<br />
*Chandrika<br />
*Santhosh Kumar<br />
*Muthukulam K.G.<br />
*Giri<br />
*George Joseph<br />
*A.N. Nair<br />
*V.T. Thomas<br />
*Rathi<br />
*Bobby<br />
*Madhavikutty<br />
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==Technical Crew==<br />
*Harikadha Lyrics:Kavalam<br />
*Harikadha Singers: Haripad Saraswati Ammal, Jayalaskshmi Sreenivasan<br />
*Sound Recording: Devdas<br />
*Associate Director: Ajayan<br />
*Art: Purushothaman<br />
*Makeup: Ramu<br />
*Publicity: Bharathan<br />
*Assistant Director: Cheppad Krishnan [G. Krishnaswamy]<br />
*Unit: KSFDC<br />
*Distribution: Kumaraswamy and Co.<br />
*Production: Bhadra<br />
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==Awards==<br />
;[[National Film Awards]]<br />
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]<br />
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;[[Kerala State Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |title=State Film Awards |work=Kerala Government |access-date=2015-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232254/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film|Second Best Film]]<br />
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Story|Best Story]] - [[P. Padmarajan]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{imdb title|0216971|Peruvazhiyambalam}}<br />
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{{Padmarajan}}<br />
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Malayalam}}<br />
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[[Category:Best Malayalam Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
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