



aka Thirst 1965 130’ b&w Malayalam d/sc K.S. Sethumadhavan p M.P. Anand, P. Rangaraj pc Thirumugham Pics dial Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai, B.K. Pottakkad lyr Vyalar Rama Varma c P. Ramaswamy m P. Devarajan lp Sathyan, Sheela, K.P. Oomer, Bahadur, Sreenarayana Pillai, B.K. Pottakkad, Vijayan, Murali, M.M. Babu, Kunjan, Pratap Chandran, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Indira, Parvati

This melodrama, made in 21 days at the Venus Studio, tells of the redemption of Jayarajan, who killed his young wife and her lover in a fit of jealousy and is sent to jail. Transferred to a hospital for an operation, the convict’s humanity is rekindled by a kind widow and her son who turn out to be the family of the man Jayarajan killed. However, the hero dies and the script does not allow a new nuclear family to be formed at the end of the film.