Punarjanmam

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = Punarjanmam | image = Punarjanmam.jpg | caption = Poster | director = [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] | producer = M. O. Joseph | story = [[Abraham Kovoor|A. T. Kovoor]] | screenplay = [[Thoppil Bhasi]] | starring = [[Prem Nazir]]<br />[[Jayabharathi]] | music = [[Devarajan]] | cinematography = [[Melli Irani]] | editing = [[M. S. Mani (film editor)|M. S. Mani]] | studio = Manjilas | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1972|8|18}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Malayalam }} '''''Punarjanmam''''' ({{langx|en|[[Reincarnation]]}}) is a 1972 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[erotic thriller]] film starring [[Prem Nazir]] and [[Jayabharathi]].<ref name="Janayugam" /> The film is directed by [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] and is based on a case study published by famous atheist and psychiatrist [[Abraham Kovoor|A. T. Kovoor]] in ''[[Mathrubhumi]]'' weekly. The film, as well as Prem Nazir's performance, won immense critical acclaim.<ref name="Janayugam">{{Cite news |author=K. N. Shajikumar |date=5 April 2010 |url=http://janayugomonline.com/php/newsDetails.php?nid=6562 |title=മനസ്സിന്റെ കാണാപ്പുറങ്ങള്‍ |newspaper=Janayugam |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120709092657/http://janayugomonline.com/php/newsDetails.php?nid=6562 |archivedate=9 July 2012 |accessdate=1 May 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Maru Piravi]]'' with [[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]] and [[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]] in the lead roles and in Telugu as ''Vintha Katha'', starring [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] and [[Vanisri]]. The film is considered to be the first erotic psychic thriller in [[Cinema of India|Indian film history]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=444|title=Punarjanmam|accessdate=15 October 2014|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?4869|title=Punarjanmam|accessdate=15 October 2014|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info|archive-date=17 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317113148/http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?4869|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/punarjanmam-malayalam-movie/|title=Punarjanmam|accessdate=15 October 2014|publisher=spicyonion.com|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208130253/http://spicyonion.com/title/punarjanmam-malayalam-movie/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

== Plot == Aravindan, a college lecturer, falls in love with his student Radha and marries her. However, the couple's sexual life is a failure, causing intense agony to Radha's father, Panikkar who is keen to have grandchildren. When all other means fail, Panikkar approaches a psychiatrist, who finds out that Aravindan's inability to have sex with Radha may have something to do with his intense affection for his mother, who had died just six months before Aravindan met Radha. How the doctor cajoles Radha into solving her husband's illness forms the climax.

== Cast == * [[Prem Nazir]] as Aravindan ** [[Karan (actor)|Master Raghu]] as Young Aravindan * [[Jayabharathi]] in double role as Radha / Aravindan's mother * [[Bahadoor]] as Kurup * [[Adoor Bhasi]] as Narayana Panikkar * [[Sankaradi]] as Ashan * [[Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai]] as Jyotsyan * [[Paravoor Bharathan]] as College Principal * [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] as Jaanu * [[Prema Menon]] as Sankari * [[Khadeeja (actress)|Khadeeja]] as Ashan's wife

== Soundtrack ==

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| all_lyrics = [[Vayalar Ramavarma]] | all_music = [[G. Devarajan]]

| title1 = Kaakkem Kaakkede Kunjum | extra1 = [[C. O. Anto]]

| title2 = Kaamashasthramezhuthiya | extra2 = [[P. Jayachandran]]

| title3 = Kaamini Kaavyamohini | extra3 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]

| title4 = Madana Panchami | extra4 = [[P. Madhuri]]

| title5 = Premabhikshuki Bhikshuki | extra5 = K. J. Yesudas

| title6 = Sooryakaantha Kalppadavil | extra6 = [[P. Susheela]]

| title7 = Unnikkai Valaru | extra7 = [[P. Leela]]

| title8 = Velichamasthamichu | extra8 = P. Madhuri

}}

==Awards== * The film won [[Filmfare Award for Best Director - Malayalam]] received by [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] (1972) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cUQAQAAMAAJ&q=k.s.sethumadhavan|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|year=1973}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0288780}}

[[Category:1972 films]] [[Category:1970s erotic thriller films]] [[Category:1972 Malayalam-language films]] [[Category:1972 Indian films]] [[Category:Indian erotic thriller films]] [[Category:Indian films based on actual events]] [[Category:Films based on non-fiction books]] [[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]] [[Category:Films directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by Thoppil Bhasi]]