Chembarathi

Chembarathi
Directed by	P. N. Menon
Produced by	S. K. Nair
Written by	Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
Starring	Madhu Roja Ramani Raghavan Sudheer
Music by	Devarajan
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Editing by	Ravi Kiran
Studio	New India Films
Release date(s)	1972 (1972)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chembarathi (Malayalam: ചെമ്പരത്തി, English: Hibiscus) is a 1972 Malayalam film directed by P. N. Menon and written by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan. It was produced by S. K. Nair, a famous literary personality and the founder of Malayalanadu weekly. It stars Madhu along with newcomers Roja Ramani, Raghavan and Sudheer in major roles. It was a notable critical and commercial success upon release. The film was remade in Tamil as Paruva Kaalam in 1974 with Roja Ramani repeating her role and Kamal Haasan playing the male lead.

Cast

• Madhu
• Roja Ramani (as Shobana)
• Raghavan
• Sudheer
• Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
• Adoor Bhavani
• Sankaradi
• Adoor Bhasi
• Bahadoor
• Kuthiravattom Pappu
• Paravoor Bharathan
• Radhamani
• Sudharma
• Pathma
• P. O. Thomas
• Pathiyil Madhavan (guest)
• Vaidyar K. R. Velappan Pillai

External links

• Chembarathi at the Internet Movie Database
• Chembarathi at the Malayalam Movie Database