{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Prathikaram | image =Prathikaram film poster.jpg | caption = | director = Kumar | producer = | writer = T Rao<br>Kedamangalam Sadanandan (dialogues) | screenplay = | starring = Jayabharathi<br>Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair<br>Alummoodan<br>C. L. Anandan | music = M. B. Sreenivasan | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Sreekumar Productions | distributor = Sreekumar Productions | released = {{Film date|1972|1|14|df=y}} | country = India | language = Malayalam }}
'''''Prathikaram''''' ({{translation|Revenge}}) is a 1972 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Kumar. The film stars Jayabharathi, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Alummoodan and C. L. Anandan. The film's score was composed by M. B. Sreenivasan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=421|title=Prathikaaram|accessdate=2014-10-15|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2876|title=Prathikaaram|accessdate=2014-10-15|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/prathikaaram-malayalam-movie/|title=Prathikaaram|accessdate=2014-10-15|publisher=spicyonion.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141015161733/http://spicyonion.com/title/prathikaaram-malayalam-movie/|archive-date=15 October 2014|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
==Cast== {{cast listing| *Jayabharathi as Shobha *Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as Pankajakshan Nair *Alummoodan as Peethambharan *C. L. Anandan as Raju, Soman *Aranmula Ponnamma as Raju's mother *Kanchana (old) *S. P. Pillai as Shobha's father *Jose Prakash as Sreedharan Thampi *Adoor Pankajam as Kamalam *K. V. Shanthi as Vimala *Baby Sumathi as Leela *Kamal Haasan Uncredited role of a Punjabi singer in a song }}
== Production == ''Prathikaram'' film produced by Sreekumar Productions.<ref name="Gazette">{{Cite web |date=28 April 1973 |title=Gazette of India, 1973, No. 466 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1973.466/page/n99/mode/2up?q=Prathikaram |access-date=17 November 2023 |publisher=The Gazette of India |pages=100}}</ref> This film was shot in black-and-white. It was given an "U" (Unrestricted) certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification. The final length of the film was {{Convert|4009.33|metres|feet}}.<ref name=Gazette />
==Soundtrack== The music was composed by M. B. Sreenivasan with lyrics by Sreekumaran Thampi.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss) |- | 1 || "Chirichappol" || K. J. Yesudas, Aruna || Sreekumaran Thampi || |- | 2 || "Madhuram Madhuram" || L. R. Eeswari || Sreekumaran Thampi || |- | 3 || "Suve Wazire Waaliyaan" || S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas || || |- | 4 || "Swapnam Kaanukayo" || S. Janaki || Sreekumaran Thampi || |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0271729|Prathikaaram}}
Category:1972 films Category:1972 Malayalam-language films Category:1972 Indian films {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub}}