Kavyamela (1965)
2h 18m
Running Time
October 22, 1965Release Date
Plot.
Jayadevan is a blind poet who lives with his sister, her husband and their child. He leaves because he no longer wishes to be a burden to them. He decides to go to Trivandrum to seek treatment, but on his way he meets the crooked Vikraman, but later leaves him. Lost, he stands and sings to the goddess Sridevi, just as Sridevi and her friends have come to a park for a picnic. Not realizing he is blind, Sridevi slaps him. Several men who saw the incident take him to a local doctor, who happens to be the father of Sridevi. The doctor was also friends with Jayadevan's father, so he takes him in and operates on him. When Jayadevan is able to return to working, he creates a collection of poems, but Vikraman gets hold of it and publishes it under his own name. The poems become a sensation, Vikraman is to be honoured for the work, but Jayadevan manages to reveal the truth.
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Cast & Crew.
Prem Nazir
Jayadevan
Sheela
Shridevi
Adoor Bhasi
Nilambur Ayisha
Bhavaniyamma
Nellikode Bhaskaran
Balachandran
G K Pillai
Dr. Panikkar
Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai
Ashaan
S. P. Pillai
Kamath
Prathapa Chandran
Prasadakan
M. Krishnan Nair
Director
Sheela
Shridevi
S L Puram Sadanandan
Screenplay / Dialogue
A.K. Velan
Story
T.E. Vasudevan
Producer
T. Vasudevan
Producer
V Dakshinamoorthy
Music / Playback Singer
C.J. Mohan
Cinematography
Vayalar Ramavarma
Lyricist
K. J. Yesudas
Playback Singer
M. B. Sreenivasan
Playback Singer
P. Leela
Playback Singer
Gomathy
Playback Singer
Details.
Release DateOctober 22, 1965
Original Nameകാവ്യമേള
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 18m
Genres
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Wiki.
Kavyamela (transl. Poetry Fair) is a 1965 Indian Malayalam-language film written by S. L. Puram Sadanandan and directed by M. Krishnan Nair, starring Prem Nazir and Sheela in the lead roles. The film is best known for the performance by Prem Nazir and songs by Dakshinamoorthy – Vayalar team.
Kavyamela released on 22 October 1965. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.
The movie was a remake of the 1961 Kannada movie Kantheredu Nodu produced by A K Velan. Velan, who had earlier sold the copyrights of the Kannada movie Kantheredu Nodu to T. E. Vasudevan for Rs.1000, subsequently purchased it back for Rs.5000 to remake it in Tamil for a 1968 movie titled Devi, which bombed at the box office.