Nizhalattam
Nizhalattam is a 1970 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by A. Vincent and produced by Hari Pothan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sheela, Kaviyoor Ponnamma and Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair. The film marked the acting debut of Sudheer and Balan K. Nair.

Plot
Karunakaran is a shrewd and rich businessman who has amassed wealth mostly through unethical means. His wife (Kaviyoor Ponnamma) pretends to be paralyzed and is bedridden. He has two sons Raveendran (Prem Nazir) who is meek and Haridas (Sudheer) who is principled and has left their home. After a visit to his concubine (Devika), Karunakaran dies of an apparent heart attack and Raveendran takes over the family’s business.

Raveendran worships his dead father and starts spending money recklessly  on alcohol, parties and women. He keeps his brother under his control and is surrounded by friends who keep exploiting him. His wife Shanta (Sheela) is the daughter of a school teacher and tries unsuccessfully to mend his ways. Their businesses start losing money and Raveendran goes on a downward spiral. Madhavi (Bhanumathi) the servant of the house, leaves after Raveendran tries to molest her. As their business totally crumbles, all his supposed friends leave him and Raveendran becomes more reckless, ultimately killing their dog. Haridas is fed up, takes his mother and moves in with Madhavi, ultimately marrying her.

What happens to Raveendran and his family forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Prem Nazir as Ravi/Raveendran
Sheela as Shantha
Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Ravi's Mother
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as Karunakaran Muthalali
Jose Prakash as Bhaskaran
Kottayam Santha as Mrs. Nair
Pattom Sadan as Music Conductor
Sankaradi as Kumaran
Jesey
Nilambur Balan
Abbas as Security Guard
Bahadoor as Kurup
Balan K. Nair as Balan
M. Bhanumathi as Madhavi
Metilda
N. Govindankutty as Paul
Nellikode Bhaskaran as Old Man
P. R. Menon
Paravoor Bharathan as Abraham
R. K. Nair
Sudheer as Dasan/HariDasan
Thodupuzha Radhakrishnan
Devika
Kunchan
 Kedamangalam Ali
 Mohan
 R.K Nair
 Thapi Mohammed
 Sabu

Soundtrack
The music was composed by G. Devarajan and the lyrics were written by Vayalar Ramavarma.

Box office
The film was commercial success.

References

External links
 

1970 films
1970s Malayalam-language films
1970s Indian films
Films directed by A. Vincent