Sarapancharam

Sarapancharam
DVD Cover
Directed by	Hariharan
Produced by	G. P. Balan
Screenplay by	Hariharan
Story by	Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
Starring	Jayan Sheela Sathar Nellikodu Bhaskaran
Music by	Devarajan
Cinematography	Melli Irani
Editing by	V. P. Krishnan
Release date(s)	1979
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Sarapancharam (Malayalam: ശരപഞ്ചരം, English: Bed of Arrows) is a 1979 Malayalam film written and directed by Hariharan starring Jayan, Sheela, Sathar, P.K. Abraham and Oduvil Unnikrishnan in major roles. It was released in the golden era of Jayan, a popular superstar of Malayalam cinema.^[1] He played the main villain role in the film. It was also one of the first notable films of Oduvil Unnikrishnan.^[2] The storyline of the film is loosely based on D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover though there are significant differences in plot and characterization.^[3]

Plot

The story concerns a young married woman, Soudamini (Sheela), whose upper-class husband (P.K. Abraham) has been paralyzed and rendered impotent. Her sexual frustration leads her into an affair with the servant, Rajasekharan (Jayan). She eventually gets married to him but later discovers that he has had relationship with many ladies and he aimed only at her wealth. She and her only daughter Baby (born from her first husband) are helpless as they are not able to put him out of their lives. Later, a young man named Prabhakaran, who is the son of an ex-servant of Soudamini, enters their life and helps them to get rid of Rajasekharan. In the climax, Rajasekharan is shot dead by Soudamini.

Cast

Jayan oiling a horse in a famous scene in the film

• Jayan as Rajasekharan
• Sheela as Soudamini
• Sathar as Prabhakaran
• Nellikkodu Bhaskaran as Sidhayyan
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Subbaiyer
• Shankar as College Student
• Baby Sumathi as Young Baby
• P.K. Abraham as Soudamini's first husband

External links

• Sarapancharam at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ "Nostalgia- Jayan Memories"
2. ^ "Kerala News : One man's pursuit of a native idiom in acting ends". The Hindu. 2006-05-28. http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/28/stories/2006052812150400.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
3. ^ "Chithrabhumi report on Jayan films"