![]() ![]() With several unsuccessful attempts to get a job, the increasing financial pressure forces them to shift to a slum. ![]() Sita is offered a job as a sales girl but cannot accept it because she is unable to pay the required security deposit of ₹ 1,000. He meets one of the newspaper editors ( Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair), who agrees to read his novel but declines to publish it as Vishwam does not have many writings to his credit. He dreams of having his novel, titled Nirvriti ( Ecstasy), published in the newspaper. Vishwam, an educated, unemployed youth, is an aspiring writer and had some of his short stories published in the newspapers earlier. Initially, they stay in a decent hotel but soon due to financial reasons they move to another, ordinary hotel. ![]() Both want to start a new life at a new place. It was shown at various film festivals around the world like Moscow International Film Festival, and won four National Film Awards at the 20th National Film Awards in 1973, including Best Feature Film, Best Director for Gopalakrishnan, and Best Actress for Sharada.Ī newly wed couple, Vishwam ( Madhu) and Sita ( Sharada), have married against the preference of their families, and left their hometown. The film also became the first Indian film to use sound as a leitmotif. It pioneered the new wave cinema movement in Malayalam cinema and became one of the first Malayalam films to use synchronised sound and outdoor locales. The film received widespread critical acclaim. The FFC later partially financed the film when Chitralekha provided the rest. It took seven years for Gopalakrishnan to get the project rolling when his initial proposal for a loan to make a film was turned down by the Film Finance Corporation (FFC). Kumaran co-scripted the film with Gopalakrishnan. ![]() Sreenivasan, camerawork by Mankada Ravi Varma, and film editing by Ramesan. The film features an original score by M. Swayamvaram marked several debuts-directorial of Gopalakrishnan, acting of the Malayalam star Bharath Gopi, and film producing of the Chitralekha Film Cooperative, an organisation cofounded by Gopalakrishnan himself. The title is an allusion to the ancient Indian practice of a girl of marriageable age choosing a husband from among a list of suitors. The film depicts the life of a couple-Vishwam (Madhu) and Sita (Sharada)-who have married against their parents' wishes and want to start a new life at a new place. Notable smaller roles were played by Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair, Adoor Bhavani, K. Swayamvaram (English: One's Own Choice) is a 1972 Indian Malayalam-language drama film co-written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan, starring Madhu and Sharada in the lead roles. ![]()
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