Oridathoru Phayalvaan
| Oridathoru Phayalvaan (There Lived a Wrestler) | |
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| Directed by | P. Padmarajan |
| Produced by | Suresh |
| Written by | P. Padmarajan |
| Starring |
Rashid Nedumudi Venu Jayanthi |
| Music by | Johnson |
| Cinematography | Vipindas |
| Edited by | P. Padmarajan |
Production company |
Thundathil Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Oridathoru Phayalvaan (English: There Lived a Wrestler) is a 1981 Malayalam film written, edited and directed by P. Padmarajan. The film is a folk parable about the success and failure in the life of a wrestler. Having an unusual and different plot, the movie was critically acclaimed. It stars Rashid, Nedumudi Venu and Jayanthi in the lead roles.
It won the award for Best Script at the Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival,[1] and a Gold Medal at the Asian Film Festival.[2]
Plot
Patronized by a village tailor, the wrestler becomes a local hero when he overcomes all his opponents and claims the prettiest woman as his wife. Movie portrays the way in which the tailor makes profit out of the wrestler. He marries a girl only to be revealed later that he has another wife and been not able to satisfy her sexually. He leaves the village when his wife seems to acknowledge she doesn't love him anymore.
Cast
- Rashid as Phayalvaan (wrestler)
- Nedumudi Venu as Mesthiri
- Jayanthi as Chakkara, the woman courted by the wrestler
- K. G. Devakiyamma as Chakkara's mother
- Ashokan
- Jayadevan as Job
- Kariyachan
- Krishnankutty Nair
- Dhanya
- Mavelikkara Ramachandran
- Said
- Rishikesha Das
- Raju Paakkathu
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