Arappavan is a 1961 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. Shankar and produced by K Kumar. The film stars Sathyan, KPAC Sulochana, Kedamangalam Sadanandan and Pattom Sadan in lead roles. The film had musical score by GK Venkitesh and PS Divakar.
Rajan is a detective who has come to investigate the murder of his friend, a newspaper editor. Rajan has to face numerous troubles during his investigation but he succeeds in finding the culprit and bringing him in front of justice.
Directed byRamu Kariat GenresDrama, Romance ActorsSheela, Madhu, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Sathyan, Latha Raju, S. P. Pillai Rating77% 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). Chembankunju's 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. Karuthamma's 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.
Premachandran(Sathyan)is the elder son of Master(Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair).Nirmala(Ambika)is his fiancée.Premachandran who is working in a factory at Coimbatore comes home after a long time for their marriage.Prabhakaran(Prem Nazir) is Premachandran's younger brother who is in love with Vasanthy.After marriage Premachandran returns to work leaving Nirmala at his home.Nirmala takes good care of her father-in-law and brother-in-law and gains their love.Meanwhile Premachandran meets with an accident at work and dies.This shocks the whole family.Gopi,Prabhakarans's colleague who is a womanizer develops a love interest towards Nirmala and propose her.But she denies.Prabhakaran's love and respect towards Nirmala is misunderstood by his father.Nirmala with broken heart leaves home and joins her sister Susheela and husband Viswanathan.Prabhakaran who refused to marry, gets married at the request of Nirmala.Prabhakaran gets uneasy with his wife's lazy attitude and he begins to complaint compare each and everything with Nirmala.This creats problem in his marriage life.Viswanathan approaches Nirmala with wrong intention but fails.He tells Susheela that Nirmala tried to entice him.Susheela ask Nirmala to leave the house.She comes back to her husband's home.There she overhears the fight between Prabhakaran and Vasanthy.Knowing that her presence creats problem in everyones life she leaves home.Master and Prabhakaran follows her but they finds Nirmala in a disturbed mental state.Soon Nirmala dies.