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{{Infobox film
| name = Sammohanam
| image = Sammohanam.jpg
| caption =
| alt =
| director = C. P. Padmakumar
| producer = C. P. Padmakumar
| writer = Balakrishnan Mangad
| starring = [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]<br /> [[Nedumudi Venu]]<br>[[Archana (actress)|Archana]]
| music = [[Illayaraja]]
| cinematography = M J Radhakrishnan
| editing = K.R. Bose
| studio = Cinevalley Motion Pictures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1994}}
| runtime = 1 hour 44 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Sammohanam''''' (Enlightenment) is a 1994 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language film directed by C. P. Padmakumar, starring [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] and [[Archana (actress)|Archana]] . The film received the ''Best of the Fest Award'' at the [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/padmakumar.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-05-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526004713/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/padmakumar.html |archivedate=26 May 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The film is based on ''Rithubhedangal'', a story written by Balakrishnan Mangad.<ref>http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1437</ref> The film being non-commercial and off-beat, was made on a controlled budget. [[Illayaraja]] did this film without charging fees as he was impressed with its storyline.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Sammohanam Report|journal=[[Vellinakshatram (magazine)|Vellinakshatram]]|date=6 March 1994}}</ref>

==Plot==
Sammohanam tells the story of a mysteriously seductive girl, Pennu ([[Archana (actress)|Archana]]) in a quiet village to which she has temporarily relocated, in search of her missing grandfather, Karuvan Valyachan. She creates a strange chasm among male folks, breaking marriages and old friendships. Chandu ([[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]), a wealthy farmer who owns paddy fields was the first to fall for her charms and even breaks up with his wife Jaanu (Bindu Panicker) and family. Later when Pennu started wooing Chindan (Balakrishnan), a jaggery mill owner and a close friend of Chandu, he cannot stand it and attacked Chindan with a sickle, chopping off his earlobe. Then comes Ummini ([[Nedumudi Venu]]), a travelling seller with his pair of horses. He is an old alley of Pennu's grandfather. Soon he too got enchanted and fell for Pennu's charm. Ambu (Sarath), a helper of Chandu also has a hidden passion for Pennu, even though he is much younger to Pennu. Chandu sees Ummini and Pennu together and becomes angry and fought Ummini with his sickle. Ambu tries to intervene and gets accidentally knifed to death by Chandu. Chandu out of guilt and grief commits suicide by jumping into a waterfall. Finally Pennu leaves the village alone, after torching her house, having fractured the village community with her sexuality.

==Cast==
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as Chandu
* [[Archana (actress)|Archana]] as Pennu
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Ummini
*[[Sarath Das (actor)|Sarath Das]] as Ambu
* Radhakrishnan as Chindan
* [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Chiruthamma
* [[Bindu Panicker]] as Jaanu (wife of Chandu)
* Kukku Parameswaran as Kunjani (sister of Chindan)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0306041}}

[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:1994 drama films]]
[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:1990s mystery films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]

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