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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
|name = Oridathoru Phayalvaan | | name = Oridathoru Phayalvaan | ||
|image = Oridathoru Phayalwan.jpg | | image = Oridathoru Phayalwan.jpg | ||
|director = [[P. Padmarajan]] | | director = [[P. Padmarajan]] | ||
|writer = P. Padmarajan | | writer = P. Padmarajan | ||
|starring = Rashid<br/>[[Nedumudi Venu]]<br/>[[Jayamala|Jayanthi]] | | producer = R. Suresh | ||
| | | starring = Rashid<br />[[Nedumudi Venu]]<br />[[Jayamala|Jayanthi]] | ||
|music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] | | cinematography = [[Vipindas]] | ||
| editing = P. Padmarajan | |||
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] | |||
|studio = Thundathil Films | | studio = Thundathil Films | ||
| released = {{Film date|1981|10|30|df=y}} | |||
|released = {{Film date|1981|10|30|df=y}} | | runtime = 128 minutes | ||
|runtime = 128 minutes | | country = India | ||
|country = India | | language = Malayalam | ||
|language = Malayalam | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Oridathoru Phayalvaan''''' ({{ | '''''Oridathoru Phayalvaan''''' ({{Translation|There lived a wrestler}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written, edited and directed by [[P. Padmarajan]]. The film is a folk parable about the success and failure in the life of a [[gatta gusthi]] wrestler in [[Kerala]]. It stars Rashid, [[Nedumudi Venu]] and [[Jayamala|Jayanthi]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijayakumar |first=B. |date=27 November 2016 |title=Oridathoru Phayalwan: 1981 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Oridathoru-Phayalwan-1981/article16713783.ece |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919060556/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Oridathoru-Phayalwan-1981/article16713783.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
The film won the award for best script at the [[Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://padmarajan.8k.com/ | | The film won the award for best script at the [[Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web |title="PAPPETTAN" TO ALL IN THE FILM FIELD |url=http://padmarajan.8k.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424194631/http://padmarajan.8k.com/ |archive-date=24 April 2010 |access-date=16 November 2010 |website=padmarajan.8k.com}}</ref> and a gold medal at the [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival|Asian Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=p padmarajan |url=http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/padmarajan.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116053042/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/padmarajan.html |archive-date=16 January 2009 |access-date=16 November 2010 |website=cinemaofmalayalam.net}}</ref> | ||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
{{more plot|date=August 2021}} | {{more plot|date=August 2021}} | ||
Patronized by a village tailor, a [[gatta gusthi]] wrestler becomes a local hero when he defeats all his opponents and claims the prettiest woman as his wife. As a [[story within a story]] it also portrays how the tailor makes a profit from the illiterate wrestler. He marries a girl, only for it to be revealed later that he has another wife and isn't interested in her more than a trophy. He abandons his wife and the village when his wife falls for other men in his absence and she acknowledges that she doesn't love him | Patronized by a village tailor, a [[gatta gusthi]] wrestler becomes a local hero when he defeats all his opponents and claims the prettiest woman as his wife. As a [[story within a story]] it also portrays how the tailor makes a profit from the illiterate wrestler. He marries a girl, only for it to be revealed later that he has another wife and isn't interested in her more than a trophy. He abandons his wife and the village when his wife falls for other men in his absence and she acknowledges that she doesn't love him any more. He leaves her his signature drawing of a [[conch]] shell. A frog [[gigging]] neighbour youth is entrapped by the girl's mother to marry her conceived daughter. Nah, it's way more than that, it's about a illiterate man thinking of his craft as being more than money. | ||
==Cast== | == Cast == | ||
* Rashid as A [[Gatta gusthi]] ''phayalvaan'' (wrestler) | * Rashid as A [[Gatta gusthi]] ''phayalvaan'' (wrestler) | ||
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Shivanpillai (Mesthiri) | * [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Shivanpillai (Mesthiri) | ||
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* Raju Paakkathu | * Raju Paakkathu | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{ | * {{IMDb title|0249069}} | ||
{{Padmarajan}} | {{Padmarajan}} | ||
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]] | |||
[[Category:1981 films]] | [[Category:1981 films]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Films directed by Padmarajan]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Films scored by Johnson]] | ||
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Padmarajan]] | [[Category:Films with screenplays by Padmarajan]] | ||
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| Oridathoru Phayalvaan | |
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| Directed by | P. Padmarajan |
| Produced by | R. Suresh |
| Written by | P. Padmarajan |
| Starring | Rashid Nedumudi Venu Jayanthi |
| Music by | Johnson |
| Cinematography | Vipindas |
| Edited by | P. Padmarajan |
Production company | Thundathil Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Oridathoru Phayalvaan (transl. There lived a wrestler) is a 1981 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written, edited and directed by P. Padmarajan. The film is a folk parable about the success and failure in the life of a gatta gusthi wrestler in Kerala. It stars Rashid, Nedumudi Venu and Jayanthi.[1]
The film won the award for best script at the Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival,[2] and a gold medal at the Asian Film Festival.[3]
Plot
 | This article needs an improved plot summary. (August 2021) |
Patronized by a village tailor, a gatta gusthi wrestler becomes a local hero when he defeats all his opponents and claims the prettiest woman as his wife. As a story within a story it also portrays how the tailor makes a profit from the illiterate wrestler. He marries a girl, only for it to be revealed later that he has another wife and isn't interested in her more than a trophy. He abandons his wife and the village when his wife falls for other men in his absence and she acknowledges that she doesn't love him any more. He leaves her his signature drawing of a conch shell. A frog gigging neighbour youth is entrapped by the girl's mother to marry her conceived daughter. Nah, it's way more than that, it's about a illiterate man thinking of his craft as being more than money.
Cast
- Rashid as A Gatta gusthi phayalvaan (wrestler)
- Nedumudi Venu as Shivanpillai (Mesthiri)
- Jayanthi as Chakkara, the woman courted by the wrestler
- K. G. Devakiyamma as Chakkara's mother
- Ashokan as Kannan
- Jayadevan as Job
- Kariyachan
- Krishnankutty Nair as Veloonju (Kannan's father)
- Dhanya
- Mavelikkara Ramachandran
- Said
- Rishikesha Das
- Raju Paakkathu
References
- ↑ Vijayakumar, B. (27 November 2016). "Oridathoru Phayalwan: 1981". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ↑ ""PAPPETTAN" TO ALL IN THE FILM FIELD". padmarajan.8k.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- ↑ "p padmarajan". cinemaofmalayalam.net. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2010.