Sreekrishna parunthu
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Sreekrishna parunthu is a Malayalam movie released in 1984 directed by A. Vincent
and featuring Mohanlal
, Balan K. Nair
and Jagathy
.
it is based on the novel written by P. V. Thampi.
Puthoor Illam is a trditional magic family who worships Lord Garuda
. Pappu (Jagannatha Varma
), who is the current magician of the family foresights his death and decides to transfer all his knowledge to his nephew Kumaran Thampi (Mohanlal
). Kumaran, who's only interest is wine and women desperately accepts the decision. Pappu transfers all his knowledge to kumaran and dies. Thus Kumaran becomes the next magician of the locality.
One night kumaran goes to his ancestral palace for collecting manuscripts on traditional magic. On his return, he encounters the ghost of Lakshmikutty who tries to attract Kumaran. Lakshmikutty died of snake bite while having sexual intercourse with kumaran earlier. Using his magical powers kumaran gains control over the ghost. Lakshmikutty vows to kumaran that she will not disturb him till he keeps his Brahmacharya
. Choorakkattu Bhattathiri is a local black magician who wants to gain supermacy on the locality by destroying the magical powers of Kumaran and choorakkaattu Bhattathiri worships yakshi. From ghosts to women, he tries everything to do it but Kumaran escapes with his powers. Meantime, Kumaran gets attracted towards Bhanumathi (Priya) who starts to disturb him in his dreams. Soon Kumaran loses control over his emotions and breaks his Brahmacharya by having sex with Meenakshi, a local prostitute. Here starts the detoriation of Kumaran's magical powers.
The ghost of Lakshmikutty returns, since Kumaran has breaked his brahmacharya. Again using his magical powers, Kumaran convinces her and keeps her locked inside his out house. Kumaran starts to perform black magic for making money since he is not able to concentrate on worshipping lord Garuda. Soon he marries Bhanumathi which makes his mother to leave his home. On the day before his marriage, Kumaran gets attracted to the persuasions from Lakshmikutty and gets trapped by having sexual intercourse with her. Lakshmikutty curses Kumaran that he will not be able to have sex with any other women. Due to this, Kumaran tries to avoid sexual intercourse with Bhanumathi which evokes doubts on her. Later she finds the relationship between Kumaran and Lakshmikutty. One night, she enters the outhouse by breaking the magical barriers mistaking Lakshmikutty as a normal woman. The ghost of Lakshmikutty enters the body of Bhanumathi and starts to disturb Kumaran. An attempet by Kumaran to destroy the ghost leads to the suicide of Bhanumathi.
The desperate Kumaran decides to stop worshipping Lord Garuda completely and becomes the disciple of his relative Kunjambu (Balan K. Nair
), another black magician and Kumaran begins worshipping varthali .Then With the help of black magic powers, Kumaran becomes successful in destroying his enemies; Lakshmikutty as well as Choorakkattu Bhattathiri.Choorakkattu Bhattathiri became lunatic . Later Kumaran hears that his relatives are planning to secure the manuscripts from his ancestral palace. The greedy Kumaran rushes to the palace forgetting the warning from Kunajambu. Kumaran faces the holy eagle "Sreekrishna Parunthu" inside the palace. A series of events leads to the defeat of Kumaran, who suffers severe burns. The movie ends with the Kumaran having his last breath after transferring his knowledge to his nephew as per the tradition.
. The songs were penned by P. Bhaskaran
A. Vincent
Aloysius Vincent born June 14, 1928 in Calicut, Kerala, India is an Indian cinematographer of Hindi movies and director of Malayalam movies. Since the mid 1960s he has directed some 30 movies...
and featuring Mohanlal
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...
, Balan K. Nair
Balan K. Nair
Balan K. Nair was a Malayalam film actor. Even though he appeared in most films as villain, he was also noted for his performance in strong character roles. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor in 1981 for his performance in the movie Oppol.-Personal life:Balan K...
and Jagathy
Jagathy
Jagathy is a place in the district of Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India....
.
Plot
The story is about Kumaran who is a complete rogue turns to be a pious saint & the temptations he has to suffer.it is based on the novel written by P. V. Thampi.
Puthoor Illam is a trditional magic family who worships Lord Garuda
Garuda
The Garuda is a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.From an Indian perspective, Garuda is the Hindu name for the constellation Aquila and...
. Pappu (Jagannatha Varma
Jagannatha Varma
K. N. Jagannatha Varma is a Malayalam film and seriel actor. He is also an accomplished Kathakali artist.his son Manu Varma also a recoganized artist and his son in law Viji Thampi is a well known Film Director. He acted in a number of Malayalam movies performing stereo typical roles of a senior...
), who is the current magician of the family foresights his death and decides to transfer all his knowledge to his nephew Kumaran Thampi (Mohanlal
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...
). Kumaran, who's only interest is wine and women desperately accepts the decision. Pappu transfers all his knowledge to kumaran and dies. Thus Kumaran becomes the next magician of the locality.
One night kumaran goes to his ancestral palace for collecting manuscripts on traditional magic. On his return, he encounters the ghost of Lakshmikutty who tries to attract Kumaran. Lakshmikutty died of snake bite while having sexual intercourse with kumaran earlier. Using his magical powers kumaran gains control over the ghost. Lakshmikutty vows to kumaran that she will not disturb him till he keeps his Brahmacharya
Brahmacharya
Brahmacharya is one of the four stages of life in an age-based social system as laid out in the Manu Smrti and later Classical Sanskrit texts in Hinduism. It refers to an educational period of 14–20 years which starts before the age of puberty. During this time the traditional vedic sciences are...
. Choorakkattu Bhattathiri is a local black magician who wants to gain supermacy on the locality by destroying the magical powers of Kumaran and choorakkaattu Bhattathiri worships yakshi. From ghosts to women, he tries everything to do it but Kumaran escapes with his powers. Meantime, Kumaran gets attracted towards Bhanumathi (Priya) who starts to disturb him in his dreams. Soon Kumaran loses control over his emotions and breaks his Brahmacharya by having sex with Meenakshi, a local prostitute. Here starts the detoriation of Kumaran's magical powers.
The ghost of Lakshmikutty returns, since Kumaran has breaked his brahmacharya. Again using his magical powers, Kumaran convinces her and keeps her locked inside his out house. Kumaran starts to perform black magic for making money since he is not able to concentrate on worshipping lord Garuda. Soon he marries Bhanumathi which makes his mother to leave his home. On the day before his marriage, Kumaran gets attracted to the persuasions from Lakshmikutty and gets trapped by having sexual intercourse with her. Lakshmikutty curses Kumaran that he will not be able to have sex with any other women. Due to this, Kumaran tries to avoid sexual intercourse with Bhanumathi which evokes doubts on her. Later she finds the relationship between Kumaran and Lakshmikutty. One night, she enters the outhouse by breaking the magical barriers mistaking Lakshmikutty as a normal woman. The ghost of Lakshmikutty enters the body of Bhanumathi and starts to disturb Kumaran. An attempet by Kumaran to destroy the ghost leads to the suicide of Bhanumathi.
The desperate Kumaran decides to stop worshipping Lord Garuda completely and becomes the disciple of his relative Kunjambu (Balan K. Nair
Balan K. Nair
Balan K. Nair was a Malayalam film actor. Even though he appeared in most films as villain, he was also noted for his performance in strong character roles. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor in 1981 for his performance in the movie Oppol.-Personal life:Balan K...
), another black magician and Kumaran begins worshipping varthali .Then With the help of black magic powers, Kumaran becomes successful in destroying his enemies; Lakshmikutty as well as Choorakkattu Bhattathiri.Choorakkattu Bhattathiri became lunatic . Later Kumaran hears that his relatives are planning to secure the manuscripts from his ancestral palace. The greedy Kumaran rushes to the palace forgetting the warning from Kunajambu. Kumaran faces the holy eagle "Sreekrishna Parunthu" inside the palace. A series of events leads to the defeat of Kumaran, who suffers severe burns. The movie ends with the Kumaran having his last breath after transferring his knowledge to his nephew as per the tradition.
Cast
- Kumaran Thampi (Kumarettan) - MohanlalMohanlalMohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...
- Gopalan (Kumaran's friend 1) - JagathyJagathyJagathy is a place in the district of Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India....
- Maarar (Kumaran's friend 2) - Oduvil UnnikrishnanOduvil UnnikrishnanOduvil Unnikrishnan was an award winning Malayalam movie actor known for his versatile acting skills, known for his portrayal of classical ancient aristocratic personalities in Malayalam cinema with his unique provincial linguistic style, expressions and dialect. He was noted as a serious as well...
- Kunjambu - Balan K. NairBalan K. NairBalan K. Nair was a Malayalam film actor. Even though he appeared in most films as villain, he was also noted for his performance in strong character roles. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor in 1981 for his performance in the movie Oppol.-Personal life:Balan K...
- Naanikutty - ArunaArunaIn to Hindu mythology and Hindu scriptures, Aruṇá or Aruṇ is a personification of the reddish glow of the rising Sun, which is believed to have spiritual powers...
- Shekharan Thampi - M. G. SomanM. G. SomanM. G. Soman was an actor in Malayalam film. He was considered to be one of the superstars in Malayalam cinema along with Sukumaran and Jayan during the 1970s. He was born in Tiruvalla, Travancore...
- Padmanabhan Thampi (Pappu) - Jagannatha VarmaJagannatha VarmaK. N. Jagannatha Varma is a Malayalam film and seriel actor. He is also an accomplished Kathakali artist.his son Manu Varma also a recoganized artist and his son in law Viji Thampi is a well known Film Director. He acted in a number of Malayalam movies performing stereo typical roles of a senior...
- Kochamma - SukumariSukumariSukumari is an Indian film actress who has primarily acted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has been acting since she was 10 years old and has acted in various roles. The total number of her films is presumed to be about two-thousand. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of...
- Shankushar - Mala AravindanMala AravindanMala Aravindan is a Malayalam film actor.- Biography :He was born in Kerala, India as the eldest son of Ayyappan, an Excise department employee and Ponnamma, a school teacher. Later, he relocated to Mala and started using the place name along with his name....
Soundtrack
The soundtrack features 3 tracks, composed by K. RaghavanK. Raghavan
K. Raghavan is a Malayalam music composer. Along with Baburaj, Raghavan is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. K.Raghavan gave a new direction and identity to Malayalam film music.As he searched for the right tune for the lyrics, little did K...
. The songs were penned by P. Bhaskaran
P. Bhaskaran
Pulloottupadathu Bhaskara Menon , better known as P. Bhaskaran, was a famous Malayalam poet and lyricist of Malayalam film songs. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed 44 Malayalam feature films and 3 documentaries, produced 6 feature films and acted in several movies...
| Track No: | Song | Singer | Situation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nilavinte Poonkavil | Lathika | Ghost of Lakshmikutty trying to attract Kumaran |
| 2 | Mothirakai Viralukalal | S. Janaki S. Janaki S. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35... |
Features Kumran's dream full of Bhanumathi |
| 3 | Thaarakangal Kelkunnu | Vani Jairam | Song from Lakshmikutty while living in Kumaran's Out House |