Ramanan is a 1967 Malayalam romance film

Romance film

Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...

 written, directed and produced by D. M. Pottekkat. It is a screen adaptation of Ramanan

Ramanan (play in verse)

Ramanan is the most celebrated work of Malayalam poet Changampuzha Krishna Pillai. It is a play written in the form of verse. It is a pastoral elegy written after the death of his friend, Edappally Raghavan Pillai...

(1936), a poem by Changampuzha Krishna Pillai

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai was a celebrated Malayalam poet from Kerala, India, known almost exclusively for his romantic elegy Ramanan which was written in 1936 and sold over 100,000 copies...

. The film stars Prem Nazir

Prem Nazir

Abdul Khader , better known by his stage name Prem Nazir , was an Indian film actor. He is considered one of the all time super stars in Malayalam cinema...

 and Sheela

Sheela

Sheela ), is a Malayalam film actress from India. She, along with Prem Nazir, holds the world record for acting in the largest number of films together as heroine and hero. In 2005 she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Malayalam film Akale. She has also...

, the renowned on-screen pair in the lead roles. Madhu

Madhu (actor)

Madhavan Nair , commonly known by his stage name Madhu is an actor in Malayalam cinema. He was a prominent lead actor during the 60s and 70s. He has also directed and produced films, and at one time he owned Uma film studio.-Early life:...

, Kottayam Chellappan, Kamaladevi, Meena, Ramu Kariat

Ramu Kariat

Ramu Kariat was a Malayali Indian film director for almost three decades from the 1950s to the 1970s. He directed many acclaimed films in Malayalam...

, Adoor Bhasi

Adoor Bhasi

Adoor Bhasi was an Indian film actor and film director from Kerala. Adoor Bhasi was almost always cast as the man who stands next to the hero. His hilarious actions and roles became the cynosure of comic scenes in the Malayalam films of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s. He is also famous for his...

, Usha Kumari and Manavalan Joseph play other important roles. The film was noted for its technical brilliance and for being the adaptation of an immortal poetical work, but was a box office flop.

Cast

• Prem Nazir
  Prem Nazir
  Abdul Khader , better known by his stage name Prem Nazir , was an Indian film actor. He is considered one of the all time super stars in Malayalam cinema...
  
   as Ramanan
• Sheela
  Sheela
  Sheela ), is a Malayalam film actress from India. She, along with Prem Nazir, holds the world record for acting in the largest number of films together as heroine and hero. In 2005 she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Malayalam film Akale. She has also...
  
   as Chandrika
• Madhu
  Madhu (actor)
  Madhavan Nair , commonly known by his stage name Madhu is an actor in Malayalam cinema. He was a prominent lead actor during the 60s and 70s. He has also directed and produced films, and at one time he owned Uma film studio.-Early life:...
  
   as Madhanan
• Kottayam Chellappan as Advocate Peshkar
• Meena as Madhavi Amma
• Ramu Kariat
  Ramu Kariat
  Ramu Kariat was a Malayali Indian film director for almost three decades from the 1950s to the 1970s. He directed many acclaimed films in Malayalam...
  
   as Rajan
• Kamaladevi as Bhanumati
• Usha Kumari as Karthi
• Adoor Bhasi
  Adoor Bhasi
  Adoor Bhasi was an Indian film actor and film director from Kerala. Adoor Bhasi was almost always cast as the man who stands next to the hero. His hilarious actions and roles became the cynosure of comic scenes in the Malayalam films of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s. He is also famous for his...
  
   as the temple priest
• Manavalan Joseph as Vallon, Karthi's father

Soundtrack

Song	Artist(s)
"Azhakalakal"
"Chapalavyamohangal"	K. P. Udhayabhanu
"Ekantha Kamuka Ninte Manoratham"	Santha P. Nair
"Kananachayayil Aadu Meikkan"	K. P. Udhayabhanu, P. Leela P. Leela Porayathu Leela better known as P. Leela was a popular Indian playback singer. She was awarded Padma Bhushan posthumously in 2006.-Early life:...
"Malaranikkadukal"	Karimbuzha Radha
"Manimuzhakkam "
"Neelakkuyile Neelakkuyile Nee"	Karimbuzha Radha
"Pottukillini"
"Prananayaka"
"Sambhoothamee"
"Vellinakshathrame Ninne Nokki"	K. P. Udhayabhanu