Achani

1973 Indian film

12 July 1973 (1973-07-12)

CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Achani (Accāṇi, transl. Axle) is a 1973 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by A. Vincent and produced by K. Ravindran Nair. The film stars Prem Nazir, Nanditha Bose, Adoor Bhasi and Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair. It tells the story of a tailor and the trials and tribulations of his family.^[1] The film was a commercial success and the proceeds from the film was donated by the producer for the construction of a Quilon Public Library in Quilon, Kerala.^[2] The film was adapted from the Tamil stage play of same name written by Karaikudi Narayanan.^[1]

Plot

Cast

Prem Nazir as Vasu
Nanditha Bose as Seetha
Adoor Bhasi as Kaimal
Sankaradi as Banker Menon
Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Raghavan Muthalali
Bahadoor as Appu
Vincent as Gopi
Sudheer as Babu
Sujatha as Uma
Meena as Srimathi Raghavan
Philomina as Mariammam
Sreelatha as Kalyani
Master Sathyajith
Master Prasad
K. J. Yesudas (Guest appearance as himself)
John Varghees
J.A.R Anand
Ramankutty Nair
Raghava Menon
Aravindhakshan
Vijaya

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. Devarajan, with lyrics by P. Bhaskaran.^[3]^[4] The songs of the film were hits during the time, especially "Ente Swapnathin", sung playback and on screen by K. J. Yesudas.^[1]

Song	Singer(s)
"Ente Swapnathin"	K. J. Yesudas
"Mallikabaanan Thante"	P. Jayachandran P. Madhuri
"Manivilakkananju"	P. Susheela
"Neela Neela Samudra"	P. Madhuri
"Samayamaam Nadi"	P. Susheela

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Vijayakumar, B. (25 May 2014). "Achani: 1973". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ Pereira, Ignatius (11 June 2014). "A library that owes its birth to a movie". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ "അച്ചാണി (1973)". malayalasangeetham.info (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ "Achani". JioSaavn. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2022.