Adoor Pankajam

Kudumba Vaarthakal is a 1998 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Ali Akbar and produced by Milan Jaleel. The film stars Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Kalabhavan Mani and Kalpana in lead roles. The film had musical score by Berny-Ignatius.

Sudhi, an autorickshaw driver, and Meenakshi, a girl from a rich family, are in love. Meenakshi's family members are strongly against this relationship, but her grandfather decides to help them unite.

Rakhi's wedding is ruined when her fiance's family learns about her mother, who is a prostitute. She blames her mother for her plight, unaware of the truth.

This intimately-constructed drama traces the consequences of the tumultuous political and social changes that swept through India in the years since pre-Independence 1937.

Satyaraj and Dharmaraj, two thieves, disguise themselves as old men to escape from their problems. They join a group of old men at a resort, who have come to enjoy life for a month.

Thattakam is a 1998 Indian Malayalam film directed by Ramesh Das and starring Nedumudi Venu and Ranjitha in the lead roles.

An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Mathew Mattam.

Mary, who is from a rich family, elopes with William, a fisherman, as her parents are against their relationship. They try to lead a normal and happy life until her father comes in search of her.

A young man narrates two conflicting accounts of his life, changing the details and incidents in both, as he slowly approaches madness.

Ramaswamy (Jayaram) and Veni (Parvathy) are very close brahmin siblings who lost their parents in their childhood. They live under the protection of Devan (Nedumudi Venu) in a tourist town near Trivandrum. They have an extensive friends circle which includes the feisty Fifi (Urvashi), her brother Tito (Ashokan), Suku (Jagathy) and Sajan (Sreenath). Veni and Tito fall in love much to the displeasure of Ramaswamy because of their religious differences.

The movie opens with Revathi coming with his son to visit Balachandra Menon’s house where only his grandmother Sukumari lives now. Menon’s son, during the stay at his house, asks Sukumari who is his father and the movie cuts to the flashback.

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A man falls in love with an ethereal being who struggles to come to terms with human love

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Lora Nee Evide (transl. Lora Where are you?) is a 1971 Indian Malayalam film, directed by T. R. Raghunath and produced by M. Kunchacko. The film stars Prem Nazir, Ushakumari, K. P. Ummer, KPAC Lalitha, Radhika and Adoor Pankajam in the lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Baburaj.

Three fishermen, Rana, Pappu and Konthi, face a dilemma due to their grown-up children. Wealthy Rana's son falls in love with Pappu's daughter, which leads to a rivalry between him and Konthi's son.

Ponnapuram Kotta is a 1973 Malayalam language film starring Prem Nazir, K. P. Ummer, Vijayasree and Vijayanirmala in the lead roles.

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Ramu, a postman, gives shelter to a girl, who has escaped from the hands of a few Naxalites. However, problems arise when his fiance's parents doubt him to be a Naxalite as they find a gun with him.

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Kadathanaattu Maakkam is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by Navodaya Appachan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayan, Sheela and Sukumari in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan.

Vasanthi's parents get her engaged to a police officer, Gopi. However, her life takes a turn when Gopi leaves her after making her pregnant.

Based on Vadakkan Pattukal, a collection of Northern Ballads of medieval origin.

Lakshmi (Saradha) is married to Satheeshan (Madhu). She gives birth to a child, but their relationship begins to crumble when Lakshmi reveals that the real Father of her son is a celestial being.

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Georgekutty, who is obsessed with the beautiful Sundari, uses his wealth to disgrace her and her family. Unable to bear the suffering, Sundari runs from her home and meets Maadan, a labourer.

Ammini is the daughter of Sivan Pilla Muthalaali. Sivan Pillai was one of the richest man in the locality years ago. However he spoiled all wealth once he became addicted to gambling. Now they are staying in a house whose condition is pathetic. Ammini joins police and currently appointed as the traffic police in the locality, which Sivan Pilla can't accept. After watching a young and energetic Ammini, a medical representative Sudhakaran falls for her. Sudhakaran comes to Ammini's house and asks for her hand. When Sivan Pillai and his wife Padmavathi was about to accept the proposal, Ammini tells that she is not prepared for the marriage now and she will think about it only after 5 years. A dejected Sivan Pillai, with the remaining money in hand decides to restart the business of wood export along with his staff Kittu Pillai and leaves home.

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Annamma falls in love with a rich landlord and gives birth to George, but after he refuses to accept the child, she loses her sanity and abandons her son. George grows up, unaware of his parents.

Karutthamma, the daughter of a Hindu fisherman, falls in love with a Muslim fish trader. However, social prejudices seem to ruin their love life and invite the wrath of their communities.

Bharya is a 1962 Malayalam language film starring Sathyan and Ragini in the lead roles. It was directed by Kunchacko based on a novel with the same title by Kanam EJ. The novel was based on the controversial Thiruvalla Ammalu murder case.

Kumara Sambhavam is based on the epic poem of the poet Kalidasa of the same name.

Kodungallooramma is a 1968 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed and produced by Kunchacko. The film stars Prem Nazir, K. R. Vijaya, Adoor Bhasi and Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair. It was based on the Tamil poem Chilappathikaram by Ilango Adigal and also tells the story of Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple, where the leading deity is also considered as Kannaki, the heroine of Chilappathikaram. The film had musical score by K. Raghavan.

King Rajasekhara, the king of Pandalam, finds a child on the banks of River Pampa during one of his hunting expeditions. A saint who appears there advises the king to adopt this child name him as Manikantan

Pappu is a person who takes a relentless stand for justice right from his early years. His protests against his teacher who discriminates between the landlord's son and other children brings him the wrath of the landlord and he's forced to leave home. He leads a hard life fighting to uphold his ideals. He ends up being a rickshaw puller and at this time finds a child from the gutter and takes care of her. Things do not go as Pappu expected as the child grows older.

The film told, apart from the main story of the friendship between Krishna and Kuchela, a few sequences from the Bhagavatha

Film starring Sathyan, Adoor Bhasi and Vinodini

1963 film starring Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair and Prem Nazir about the life of John the Baptist.

Newspaper Boy is a Malayalam–language Indian film released in 1955. It is the first neo realistic movie in the language. The film, a drama of stark realism, narrates the life of the common man on the street. The film is noteworthy in that the entire production programme from script-writing to direction was controlled and executed by students.

The story of the cruelty meted out by feudal landlords to impoverished farm labourers.

Luke's daughter is of marriageable age but his neighbour is hellbent on making Luke's life miserable. Thankanchan, a rich man, befriends Chinnamma who's none other than Luke's daughter.

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A rich industrialist, Prabhu runs a factory along with his son Ravi. However, Vikraman, Prabhu's crooked nephew tries to manipulate Prabhu's wealth and defames his family.

The film was based on the legend of King Harishchandra, recounted in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Starring Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Miss Kumari, Master Hari, G. K. Pillai, Jose Prakash and T. S. Muthiah in major roles, it features cinematography by N. S. Mani and music by Brother Lakshmanan.

Chandran and Balan are showered love and affection by their father and stepmother. But Chandran does not realise the value of this and grows into a bad boy.

Mohan the only son of the rich landlord of ‘Lakshmi Bhavanam loses his father in childhood. The manager manages to secure all the wealth of the family, throwing Mohan and his mother out on the streets. Soon, Mohan loses his mother also. Adopted by a kind hearted land lord of ‘Ananda Bhavanam,’ Mohan is brought up along with his children Venu and Sarojam After the death of the landlord, Venu takes charge of the household. Kamalam, the daughter of the wicked manager who cheated Mohan and his family, is married to Venu. It change the life of Mohan.