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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Thiramala<br />
| image = Thiramala.jpg<br />
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| director = Vimal Kumar and P. R. S. Pillai<br />
| producer = P. R. S. Pillai<br />
| writer = [[T. N. Gopinathan Nair]]<br />
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| starring = [[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]]<br>[[Kumari Thankam]]<br>Thomas Burleigh<br />
| music = Vimal Kumar<br />
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| released = 17/04/1953<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topmovierankings.com/malayalam-movies/thiramala-1953 |title=Thiramala (1953)| work=topmovierankings}}</ref><br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
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'''''Thiramala''''' ([[Malayalam]]: തിരമാല) is a 1953 [[Malayalam]] film, directed by Vimal Kumar and P. R. S. Pillai, starring [[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]], [[Kumari Thankam]], Thomas Burleigh, Ponathil Sivadas, Prabha . The film has a significant place in the history of [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/07/19/stories/2008071953431300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421032529/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/07/19/stories/2008071953431300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2011|title=THIRAMALA 1953 |date=19 July 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-10-08}}</ref> Renowned filmmaker [[Ramu Kariat]] worked as an assistant director in this film. Noted Hindustani vocalist [[Lakshmi Shankar]] recorded a song for this film. <br />
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The film was screened in various territories of the Kerala state with a different climax, a highly unique way in those days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nostalgiamag.in/details.php?id=1037|title=ഹരികൃഷ്ണന്സിനും മുന്പൊരു ഡബിള് ക്ലൈമാക്സ് |date=August 2014|work=Nostalgia|accessdate=2014-09-09}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film was based on a short story ''Sholey'', written by [[T. N. Gopinathan Nair]], who also wrote the script and also acted in a major role in the film.<br />
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Lakshmi ([[Kumari Thankam]]), daughter of the village landlord Kurup (T. N. Gopinathan Nair) and Venu (Thomas Berleigh), son of the ferryman Panikkar ([[P. Bhaskaran]]) are childhood sweethearts. Their love blooms much against the wishes of father Kurup. Kurup was successful in getting Lakshmi to marry Vijayan ([[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]]). Venu leaves his village and finds a waiter's job in a city hotel.<br />
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Vijayan leads an immoral life making Lakshmi's life hell. Vijayan and Lakshmi come to stay in the same hotel where Venu works. Venu had to remain a silent witness to the breakup of the marriage of Vijyan and Lakshmi.<br />
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Vijayan falls into the charm of a hotel dancer Swapna Latha. He eventually loses all his wealth. A repentant Vijayan leaves the city in search of Lakshmi. Venu, who had also returned to the village, meets Lakshmi in a trying circumstance. Waiting to be taken across the swollen river during a raging storm, Lakshmi is helped by Venu. Just when he sees Lakshmi safely to the other shore, Venu is thrown into the river and is drowned. <br />
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The film was screened in various territories of the [[Kerala]] state with a different climax, a highly unique way in those days. In the [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] region, the film had a happy ending with Lakshmi saved from the storm by Venu, who entrusts her to Vijayan. In the Southern region of the state, the film ends with a frame showing the dead body of Venu, which is washed ashore.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]]<br />
* [[Kumari Thankam]]<br />
* Thomas Burleigh<br />
* Miss Chandani<br />
* Kumari Kalyani<br />
* [[P. Bhaskaran]]<br />
*Sasikumar<br />
*T. N. Gopinathan Nair<br />
*Chandni (Old)<br />
* T. N. K. J. Thomas<br />
* [[T. S. Muthaiah]]<br />
* Kumari Prabha (child artiste)<br />
* [[Adoor Bhasi]]<br />
* Baby [[Valsala Menon|Valsala]]<br />
* Ponathil Sivadas<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{imdb title|0253804|Thiramala}}<br />
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[[Category:1953 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1950s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
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