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Jeevitha Nouka is a film of genre Drama with Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair

Jeevitha Nouka (1951)

Jeevitha Nouka
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Length 2h50
Genres Drama

Jeevitha Nouka (English: The Boat of Life) is a 1951 Malayalam film directed by K. Vembu and jointly produced by K. V. Koshi and Kunchako. It was the first "super hit film" in Malayalam cinema, with a theatrical run of 284 days. Made at a budget of ₹ 5 lakhs, the film did extremely well at the box office that very few films could surpass it later. It was simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu, and was dubbed and released in Hindi. The film portrayed the life of simple folk in a small village in Kerala. It stars Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair and B. S. Saroja in the lead roles with the latter on her debut and the former on his first major role. Its music is composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy and popular playback singer Mehboob debuted through this film. It is a remake of the Hindi film Jeevan Nayya with revised screenplay.

Synopsis

Soman (Thikkurissi) is brought up by his elder brother Raju (Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar) and his shrewish wife Janu (Pankajavalli). Soman is in love with Lakshmi (B. S. Saroja), the daughter of a poor village performer Kaniyan (Adhimoolam) who belongs to a lower caste. Raju, employed by the zamindar (Nanukuttan) and Janu resent the inter-caste marriage between Soman and Lakshmi.

Actors

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair

(Soman)Pankajavalli

(Janu)B. S. Saroja

(Lakshmi)S. P. Pillai

(Shanku)Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar

(Soman's brother)Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai
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