Naaraayam (film)
Narayam is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Sasi Sankar and starring Murali and Urvashi in lead roles.[1][2][3] At 41st National Film Awards, it won the award for Best Film on Other Social Issues.
| Naaraayam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sasi Shanker |
| Starring | Murali Urvashi Jagadish Kalpana |
Release date | 1993 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
Gayathri born into an impoverished Hindu Namboothiri family in Palakkad takes up the post of teaching Arabic in a school in Kozhikode. There she is supported in her decision by writer and social activist Shekharan a widower with an only child and the manager of the school, Hajiyar. The prospect of a Hindu woman teaching Arabic to Muslim students leads to communal problems mainly led by three people, Menon who wants to take over the school management; by Hajiyar's son-in-law Azeez who happened to take bribe for appointing a Muslim as Arabic teacher at the school; and the shrewd politician Chelakkadan who is waiting for an opportunity to unleash a communal riot and thereby reap electoral votes.
Cast
- Urvashi as Gayathri
- Murali as Shekharan
- Kalpana
- Prathapachandran as Menon
- Vijayaraghavan as Azeez
- Aboobacker
- Jagadish
- Kuthiravattam Pappu
- M. R. Gopakumar as Damodharan Namboothiri
- M. S. Thripunithura as Iyer
- Mamukkoya
- N. F. Varghese as Chelakkadan
- Santha Devi
- Santhakumari
- V. K. Sreeraman as Hajiyar