Chandran and Balan are showered love and affection by their father and stepmother. But Chandran does not realise the value of this and grows into a bad boy.
Acting
Prem Nazir's early career villain turn before he became the romantic hero
Direction
MRS Mani's theatrical staging of domestic tragedy
Director
MRS Mani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Prem Nazir would go on to become Malayalam cinema's most prolific leading man, making this rare early villain role a fascinating anomaly.
Achan was among Malayalam's early sound-era family dramas that established the 'suffering mother/stepmother' archetype still recycled in Indian cinema today.
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