Swapnadanam
Swapnadanam (Malayalam: സ്വപ്നാടനം, English: Journey Through a Dream) is a 1976 black-and-white Malayalam-language film that marks the directorial debut of K. G. George. A marital psychodrama, it rejected all the usual song-dance numbers of popular cinema, yet succeeded in reaching the common mass. The film was a commercial success while maintaining its artistic quality. It won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film and National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. The cast includes Rani Chandra, Dr. Mohandas, Soman, Mallika and P. K. Venukuttan Nair.
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| Directed by | K. G. George |
| Written by | K. G. George Pamman |
| Story by | Psycho Mohammed[1] |
| Produced by | T. Mohammed Bapu |
| Starring | Rani Chandra Dr. Mohandas M. G. Soman Mallika Sukumaran P. K. Venukuttan Nair Prema Menon T. R. Omana |
| Cinematography | Ramachandra Babu |
| Edited by | Editor Ravi (K.P Ravindran) |
| Music by | Bhaskar Chandavarkar |
Production company | Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
The story proceeds in flashbacks as the protagonist, Dr. Gopi, who has had a nervous breakdown, relives his past under psychiatric probing. It is the story of an ill-matched marriage — the husband, sensitive, introvertive and plagued by memories of a bygone love and the wife, rich, spoilt and self-centred — and how under the mounting stresses of daily life, the husband cracks up. Gopi is the only son of a widowed mother, and in strained circumstances, is put through medical college by his rich uncle on the understanding that Gopi marries his daughter Sumithra. Gopi, while in college, falls in love with a fellow-student, but they part company when his mother meets the girl and persuades her to give up the betrothed Gopi. Gopi's marriage with his rich cousin takes place, but it is doomed from its very start. They are not made for each other in either taste or temperament, and besides Gopi is haunted by memories of his former love. And Gopi, being the introvert he is, consummates the marriage, as it were, in a psychiatric ward.
Cast
- Rani Chandra as Sumithra
- Dr. Mohandas as Gopi/Parameshwaran
- Soman as Mohan
- Mallika Sukumaran as Rosi Cheriyan
- T. R. Omana as Gopi's mother
- P. K. Venukuttan Nair as Sumithra's father
- Prema Menon as Kalyani
- Sonia Isaac Thomas as Kamalam
- P. K. Abraham as Psychiatrist Venugopal
- Isaac Thomas as Psychiatrist
- Anandavalli
- KPAC Azeez
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Bhaskar Chandavarkar and the lyrics were written by P. J. Eezhakkadavu.[2]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kanneerkkadalil" | P. B. Sreenivas | P. J. Eezhakkadavu | |
| 2 | "Pandu Pandoru" | P. Susheela | P. J. Eezhakkadavu | |
| 3 | "Swarga Gopura Vaathil" | S. Janaki | P. J. Eezhakkadavu | |
| 4 | "Vedana Ninnu Vithumbunna" | K. P. Brahmanandan | P. J. Eezhakkadavu |
References
- https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/interview/--1.178305
- "Swapnaadanam". MalayalaChalachithram. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
2. Swapnadanam: Sensuality and psychology of this dream land