Chemmeen

Chemmeen Translation The Prawn is a 1965 Malayalam romantic drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. It was adapted into a screenplay by S. L. Puram Sadanandan, directed by Ramu Kariat, and produced by Babu Ismail Sait.

Karuthamma Sheela is the daughter of an ambitious lower caste Hindu fisherman, Chembankunju Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair. She is in love with a young Muslim fish trader, Pareekutty Madhu. Chembankunjus only aim in life is to own a boat and net. Pareekutty finances Chembankunju to realise this dream. This is on a condition that the haul by the boat will be sold only to him. Karuthammas mother Chakki Adoor Bhavani comes to know about the love affair of her daughter with Pareekutty, and reminds her daughter about the life they lead within the boundaries of strict social tradition and warns her to keep away from such a relationship. The fisherfolks believe that a fisherwoman has to lead a life within the boundaries of strict social traditions and an affair or marriage with a person of another religion will subject the entire community to the wrath of the sea.Karuthamma sacrifices her love for Pareekutty and marries Palani Sathyan, an orphan discovered by Chembankunju in the course of one of his fishing expeditions. Following the marriage, Karuthamma accompanies her husband to his village, despite her mothers sudden illness and her fathers requests to stay. In his fury, Chembankunju disowns her. On acquiring a boat and a net and subsequently adding one more, Chembankunju becomes more greedy and heartless. With his dishonesty, he drives Pareekutty to bankruptcy. After the death of his wife, Chembankunju marries Pappikunju C. R. Rajakumari, the widow of the man from whom he had bought his first boat. Panchami Lata, Chembankunjus younger daughter, leaves home to join Karuthama, on arrival of her step mother. Chembankunjus savings is manipulated by his second wife. The setbacks in life turns Chembankunju mad. ........

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