Peruvazhiyambalam

This article is about the 1979 film. For the novel it is based on, see Peruvazhiyambalam (novel).

Peruvazhiyambalam (transl. High Road Temple) is a 1979 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film written and directed by P. Padmarajan, based on his novel of the same name. The film was Padmarajan's directorial debut and the acting debut of Ashokan, who played the central character, Raman. It was one of the last black-and-white Malayalam films.^[1][2]

Peruvazhiyambalam
Bharat Gopy, Ashokan and K. P. A. C. Lalitha in a still from the film
Directed by	Padmarajan
Written by	Padmarajan
Based on	Peruvazhiyambalam by Padmarajan
Starring	Ashokan Bharat Gopy Jose Prakash K. P. A. C. Azeez K. P. A. C. Lalitha Ramesh Geetha
Cinematography	Kannan Narayanan
Edited by	Ravi
Music by	M. G. Radhakrishnan
Production company	Prakash MovieTone
Release date	6 August 1979 (1979-08-06)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

The Hindu described this film as one of the finest films in Malayalam.^[3] It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. The film was included in IBN Live's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.^[4]

Plot

Fifteen-year-old Raman lives alone with his older sister Bhagyam, their parents having died several years prior. The town bully Prabhakaran Pillai is killed by Raman. He escapes from murder charges by hiding from the police with the help of a teashop owner Viswambharan and a prostitute.

Cast

• Ashokan as Raman/Mani
• Bharat Gopy as Viswambharan
• Jose Prakash as Paramu Nair
• Sukumari as Paramu Nair's wife
• K. P. A. C. Azeez as Prabhakaran Pillai
• Santhakumari as Prabhakaran Pillai's wife
• K P A C Lalitha as Kunnumpurath Devayani, the prostitute
• Krishnan Kutty Nair as Vaidhyan
• Valsala Premdevdas
• Chandrika
• Santhosh Kumar
• Muthukulam K.G.
• Giri
• George Joseph
• A.N. Nair
• V.T. Thomas
• Rathi
• Bobby
• Madhavikutty

Accolades

National Film Awards

• Best Feature Film in Malayalam

Kerala State Film Awards^[5]

• Second Best Film
• Best Story – Padmarajan