Susheela duet ‘Arabikkadaloru manavalan.’ and Kamukara Purushothaman’s masterpiece ‘Ekanthathayude apaara theeram.’ are the other memorable songs. ‘Vaasantha panchami naalil.,’ ‘Anuraga madhuchashakam.,’ ‘Pottatha ponnin kinavu kondoru.’ and ‘Potti thakarna kinavu kondoru…’ all sung by S. Yesudas is still considered by many surveys as the best film song in the language. Vijaya Nirmala excelled in what probably was her first major role.Īll the seven songs by P.Bhaskaran and Baburaj are popular even today. His character was called ‘Kuthiravattom,’ a name that stuck for the rest of his career. Pappu, who later became popular as Kuthiravattom Pappu was cast in a small comic role. Antony was stunning as the ruthless Nanukuttan, while Adoor Bhasi provides some light moments with his comedy. Prem Nazir was at home in the role of a romantic hero. Madhu excelled in the role of the novelist. The novelist is helped by the ghost but Nanukuttan is killed. Both of them fall into the well in which Bharagavi was drowned. He attacks the novelist and a fight ensues. He fears that once the story is published the truth behind the death of Bhargavi and Sasikumar will be out.
The novelist reads out the story to the ghost who by now has become quite compassionate with him. Nanukuttan spreads the news that Bhargavi had committed suicide. In a scuffle Nanukuttan pushes Bhargavi into a well, killing her. Bharagavi becomes furious when she comes to know of her lover’s murder. Nanukuttan tries all nasty tricks to separate the lovers.
But Bhargavi hates Nanukuttan who is a wicked wastrel. Bharagavi’s father’s nephew, Nanukuttan (P. Bhargavi falls in love with her neighbour Sasikumar who is a talented poet and singer. The information gathered from the local people and the hints in the letters help him in his writing. The novelist decides to probe the matter. The letters give some indication about their love affair and their tragic death. It is believed that the ghost of Bhargavi now haunts this house. The novelist finds some old letters written to Bhargavi (Vijaya Nirmala) by her lover Sasikumar (Prem Nazir). The novelist and his servant encounter strange happenings here - the gramophone plays on its own, objects move around. The story is that it is haunted by the ghost of the daughter of the previous owner. They come to know from the local people that it is a haunted house. Baburaj.Īn enthusiastic and talented novelist (Madhu) comes to stay in a desolate mansion named ‘Bhargavi Nilayam.’ The novelist and his servant Cheriya Pareekkanni (Adoor Bhasi) experience the presence of a strange entity here.
But the highpoint was the haunting music by M. Bhaskar Rao that gelled well with the script. The film marked the directorial debut of noted cinematographer A. The script and dialogues of the film was written by the novelist himself. This ghost film was developed from a short story, ‘Neela Velicham,’ by Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, which was included in his short story compilation titled ‘Paavappettavarude Veshya’ published in 1952. But in ‘Bhargavi Nilayam,’ the audience, for the first time in Indian cinema, were told about the existence of the supernatural. For example Hindi films like ‘Bees Saal Baad’ (1962), ‘Woh Kaun Thi’ (1964), ‘Kohra’ (1964) had heroines in disguise as ghosts. Released on November 22, 1964, the film confirms the existence of supernatural powers unlike some of the early Indian films in this genre.Įven suspense thrillers of the later period, which can also be classified under the ‘ghost story’ group did not deal with ‘real’ ghosts. This first ghost story film in Malayalam is 45 years old. TRENDSETTER ‘Bhargavi Nilayam’ was the first ghost film in Malayalam
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