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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Sarapancharam<br />
| image = Sharapanjaram.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = Hariharan<br />
| story = [[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]<br />
| starring = [[Jayan]]<br/>[[Sheela]]<br/>[[Sathaar]],Latha<br />
| producer = G. P. Balan<br />
| music = [[Devarajan]]<br />
| cinematography = Melli Irani<br />
| editing = V. P. Krishnan<br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = Angel Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|1979|10|28|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Sarapancharam''''' ({{trans|Bed of arrows}}) is a 1977 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]] from a story by [[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]. It stars [[Jayan]], [[Sheela]], and [[Sathaar|Sathaar, Latha]] with [[P. K. Abraham]] and [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] in supporting roles.<ref>[http://www.manoramaonline.com/advt/movie/jayan/index.htm "Nostalgia- Jayan Memories"]</ref> Jayan played the main villain in the film. It was also one of the first notable films of Oduvil Unnikrishnan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/28/stories/2006052812150400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223145153/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/28/stories/2006052812150400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-23 |title=Kerala News : One man's pursuit of a native idiom in acting ends |date=2006-05-28 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2011-03-07}}</ref> It was a breakthrough film in Jayan's career.<br />
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The story line of the film is loosely based on [[D. H. Lawrence]]'s 1928 novel ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'', though there are significant differences in plot and characterization.<ref>[http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll137/srikanthdileep/Action%20Hero%20Jayan-%20Memoirs/JayanFilms.jpg "Chithrabhumi report on Jayan films"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715081335/http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll137/srikanthdileep/Action%20Hero%20Jayan-%20Memoirs/JayanFilms.jpg |date=15 July 2011 }}</ref> The film was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of 1977.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Anu James|title=Remembering 'Kolilakkam' superstar Jayan on his 35th death anniversary|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/remembering-kolilakkam-superstar-jayan-his-35th-death-anniversary-654971|access-date=18 September 2016|work=IBTimes}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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The story concerns a young married woman, Soudamini (Sheela), whose upper-class husband (P.K. Abraham) has been paralyzed and rendered impotent. Living with her old husband she likes the servant, Chandrasekharan (Jayan). And She eventually marries him but later discovers that he has had relationship with many ladies and he aimed only at her wealth. She and her only daughter Baby (Latha)(born from her first husband) are helpless as they are not able to put him out of their lives. Later, a young man named Prabhakaran, who is the son of an ex-servant of Soudamini, enters their life and helps them to get rid of Chandrasekharan. In the climax, Chandrasekharan is shot dead by Soudamini.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Jayan]] as Chandrasekharan<br />
* [[Sheela]] as Saudamini<br />
* [[Sathaar]] as Prabhakaran<br />
* P. K Abhraham as Saudaminis Husband<br />
* [[Nellikkodu Bhaskaran]] as Sidhayyan<br />
* [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Subbaiyer<br />
* [[Shankar (actor)|Shankar]] as Baby's Friend (Guest role)<br />
* Baby [[Sumathi (actress)|Sumathi]] as Young Baby<br />
* [[P. K. Abraham|Latha]] as Baby<br />
* [[Kottayam Shantha]]<br />
* Bhaskara Kurup as Chellappan<br />
* [[Sarath Babu]] as Baby's Friend (Guest role)<br />
* Bhavani as Malli<br />
* Rajan Padoor as Gopala Pilla<br />
* Major Stanli as Young Prabhakaran<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[G. Devarajan]] and the lyrics were written by [[Yusufali Kechery]].<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
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| 1 || "Ambalakkulathile" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || [[Yusufali Kechery]] <br />
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| 2 || "Malarinte Manamulla" || [[P. Madhuri]] || Yusufali Kechery <br />
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| 3 || "Saaraswatha Madhuventhum" || [[Vani Jairam]] || Yusufali Kechery<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Sringaaram Virunnorukki" || [[P. Susheela]] || Yusufali Kechery<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Theyyaka Theyyaka" || [[P. Jayachandran]], P. Madhuri || Yusufali Kechery<br />
|}<br />
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== Box office ==<br />
This film was commercial success and a breakthrough film in [[Jayan]]'s career. The dialogues and body language of Jayan was well received. He began appearing in leading roles then thereafter and attained ''Super Star'' level.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jayan's memories live on though Malayalam cinema lost its first action hero four decades ago |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2019/11/16/actor-jayan-malayalam-movies-action-hero-dress-circle.amp.html |website=[[Malayala Manorama]]|date=16 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ജയന് തരംഗത്തിന്റെ ആരംഭം |url=https://www.mangalam.com/news/detail/397752-backlight-malayalam-movie-sarapanjaram.html |website=www.mangalam.com |access-date=9 August 2020 |language=ml}}</ref> This film also broke many box office records and was the highest-grossing movie ever released until another Jayan films Puthiya Velicham and Other notable movies broke it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/remembering-kolilakkam-superstar-jayan-his-35th-death-anniversary-654971|title=Remembering 'Kolilakkam' superstar Jayan on his 35th death anniversary|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=16 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jayan death anniversary: Here are 5 much-acclaimed movies of the action hero of Malayalam cinema |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/entertainment/2019/nov/17/jayan-death-anniversary-here-are-5-much-acclaimed-movies-of-the-action-hero-of-malayalam-cinema-102642.html|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=17 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering Jayan: Five lesser-known facts about Malayalam cinema's first action hero!|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/remembering-jayan-five-lesser-known-facts-about-malayalam-cinemas-first-action-hero/articleshow/79234328.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=16 November 2020}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0230732}}<br />
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{{Lady Chatterley's Lover}}<br />
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[[Category:1970s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1979 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Works by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Lady Chatterley's Lover]]<br />
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