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Ramu Kariat is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Indian born on 1 february 1927 at Engandiyur

Ramu Kariat

Ramu Kariat
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Nationality Inde
Birth 1 february 1927 at Engandiyur
Death 10 february 1979 (at 52 years) at Thiruvananthapuram (Inde)

Ramu Kariat (alternatively Ramu Karyat) (1 February 1927 – 10 February 1979) was a Malayali Indian film director for almost three decades from the 1950s to the 1970s. He directed many acclaimed films in Malayalam. His noted films include Neelakkuyil (1954), Minnaminungu (1957), Mudiyanaya Puthran (1961), Moodupadam (1963) and the National Award winning Chemmeen (1965).

Usually with

Adoor Bhasi
Adoor Bhasi
(7 films)
Balu Mahendra
Balu Mahendra
(3 films)
Sankaradi
Sankaradi
(6 films)
Adoor Bhavani
Adoor Bhavani
(5 films)
Madhu
Madhu
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ramu Kariat (12 films)

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Actor

Director

Nellu
Nellu (1974)

Directed by Ramu Kariat
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Sankaradi, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Adoor Bhasi
Rating64% 3.245543.245543.245543.245543.24554
The film portrays the life of "Adiyar" community, a tribe whose ways of life belongs to centuries ago. They live in the Wayanad hills in the deep Kerala forests. The film envelopes the passions, superstitions, religious practices, customs, and the servility and exploitation the tribal people endure. The film is narrated through the observations of an outsider.
Maaya
Maaya (1972)

Directed by Ramu Kariat
Actors Prem Nazir, Sharada, Sujatha, Vijayasree, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Sankaradi

Sankarappillai (Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair) is the local business man who runs grocery shop in the village center. He also owns the little textile shop of the village which his son Raghuvaran Pillai (Adoor Bhasi) operates. Sankarappillai's family also includes his second wife Eeswari (T. R. Omana) and daughter Gomathy (Sharada). Sankarappillai is separated from his first wife Kalyani (Adoor Bhavani) but visits and supports his daughter Omana in the first marriage.
Chemmeen
Chemmeen (1965)

Directed by Ramu Kariat
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sheela, Madhu, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Sathyan, Latha Raju, S. P. Pillai
Rating77% 3.8714353.8714353.8714353.8714353.871435
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.
Neelakuyil
Neelakuyil (1954)
, 2h51
Directed by Ramu Kariat, P. Bhaskaran
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Sathyan, Miss Kumari, P. Bhaskaran, Prema, Paravoor Bharathan, Manavalan Joseph
Rating74% 3.745173.745173.745173.745173.74517
The plot revolves around rustic life in a small village. Neeli (Miss Kumari), a Dalit peasant girl, falls in love with Sreedharan Nair (Sathyan), a school teacher. Neeli becomes pregnant. Sreedharan Nair refuses to marry Neeli as he fears being ostracized by a conservative society. Neeli becomes an outcaste and dies in child birth. Sankaran Nair (P.Bhaskaran), the village postman, adopts the child ignoring the protests of society. Sreedharan Nair marries Nalini (Prema), a member of an aristocratic family. Neeli’s son Mohan (Master Vipin) is brought up by the postman. The film ends with Sreedharan Nair and Nalini accepting the boy as their own child.

Scriptwriter

Nellu
Nellu (1974)

Directed by Ramu Kariat
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Sankaradi, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Adoor Bhasi
Rating64% 3.245543.245543.245543.245543.24554
The film portrays the life of "Adiyar" community, a tribe whose ways of life belongs to centuries ago. They live in the Wayanad hills in the deep Kerala forests. The film envelopes the passions, superstitions, religious practices, customs, and the servility and exploitation the tribal people endure. The film is narrated through the observations of an outsider.