Oridathoru Phayalvaan

Oridathoru Phayalvaan (There Lived a Wrestler)
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Directed by	P. Padmarajan
Produced by	Suresh
Written by	P. Padmarajan
Starring	Rashid Nedumudi Venu Jayanthi
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	Vipindas
Edited by	P. Padmarajan
Production company	Thundathil Films
Release dates	30 October 1981 (1981-10-30)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Oridathoru Phayalvaan (English: There Lived a Wrestler) is a 1981 Malayalam film written, edited and directed by P. Padmarajan. The film is a folk parable about the success and failure in the life of a wrestler. Having an unusual and different plot, the movie was critically acclaimed. It stars Rashid, Nedumudi Venu and Jayanthi in the lead roles.

It won the award for Best Script at the Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival, and a Gold Medal at the Asian Film Festival.

Plot

Patronized by a village tailor, the wrestler becomes a local hero when he overcomes all his opponents and claims the prettiest woman as his wife. Movie portrays the way in which the tailor makes profit out of the wrestler. He marries a girl only to be revealed later that he has another wife and been not able to satisfy her sexually. He leaves the village when his wife seems to acknowledge she doesn't love him anymore.

Cast

• Rashid as Phayalvaan (wrestler)
• Nedumudi Venu as Mesthiri
• Jayanthi as Chakkara, the woman courted by the wrestler
• K. G. Devakiyamma as Chakkara's mother
• Ashokan
• Jayadevan as Job
• Kariyachan
• Krishnankutty Nair
• Dhanya
• Mavelikkara Ramachandran
• Said
• Rishikesha Das
• Raju Paakkathu

External links

• Oridathoru Phayalvaan at IMDb