Chemparathy

Chemparathy () is a 1972 Malayalam film directed by P. N. Menon and written by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan. It was produced by S. K. Nair (S. Krishnan Nair), a famous literary personality and the founder of "Malayalanadu" weekly. It stars Madhu along with newcomers Roja Ramani, Raghavan and Sudheer in major roles. The film was an adaptation of Malayattoor's short story "Lodge". Bharathan made his cinematic debut as art director with the film.
The film won Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film in 1972. It was a notable critical and commercial success upon release. The film was remade in Tamil as "Paruva Kaalam" in 1974 with Roja Ramani repeating her role and Kamal Haasan playing the male lead and also in Telugu as "Kanne Vayasu".