Nirmalyam is a 1973 Malayalam film  written and directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair

M. T. Vasudevan Nair

Madathil Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair , popularly known as MT, is an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He was born in Kudallur, a small village in the present day Palakkad District, which was under the Malabar District in the Madras Presidency of the British Raj...

, and starring P. J. Antony

P. J. Antony

P. J. Antony was a Malayalam film actor. He received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Nirmalyam in 1974. He was also the first actor working in Malayalam cinema to receive the award...

 and Shanta Devi. Malayalam actor P. J. Antony

P. J. Antony

P. J. Antony was a Malayalam film actor. He received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Nirmalyam in 1974. He was also the first actor working in Malayalam cinema to receive the award...

 won the National Film Award for Best Actor

National Film Award for Best Actor

The National Film Award for Best Actor is an honor presented annually at the National Film Awards of India to an actor who has delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry.-Background:The Directorate of Film Festivals makes awards annually in several categories...

 in 1974 for his performance as a velichappadu (an oracle

Oracle

In Classical Antiquity, an oracle was a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future, inspired by the gods. As such it is a form of divination....

 or a medium between the Goddess and the worshipper in a Hindu

Hindu

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 temple) in this movie. The film received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film

Kerala State Film Award for Best Film

The Kerala State Film Award for Best Film winners:- References :* * Specific...

 in 1974.

The movie is an adaptation of the short story Pallivalum Kalchilambum by M. T. Vasudevan Nair

M. T. Vasudevan Nair

Madathil Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair , popularly known as MT, is an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He was born in Kudallur, a small village in the present day Palakkad District, which was under the Malabar District in the Madras Presidency of the British Raj...

.

Cast

• P. J. Antony
  P. J. Antony
  P. J. Antony was a Malayalam film actor. He received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Nirmalyam in 1974. He was also the first actor working in Malayalam cinema to receive the award...
  
   as Velichapad
• Shantha Devi
• Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
  Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
  Sreedharan Nair , popularly known as Kottarakkara and Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, was an Indian film actor in Malayalam movies. He hailed from Kottarakkara in Kollam district of Kerala.Sreedharan Nair won two Kerala state film awards...
  
   as Variyar
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma
  Kaviyoor Ponnamma
  Kaviyoor Ponnamma is a Malayalam film actress. She won the Kerala State Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1994.Ponnamma was born in Kaviyoor village, near Tiruvalla to a conservative upper-class family...
  
   as Velichapad's wife
• Sukumaran
  Sukumaran
  Edappal Ponnamkuzhi Veettil Sukumaran Nair , popularly known as Sukumaran, was an Indian film actor, and producer....
  
  
• Ravi Menon
• M. S. Namboothiri
• S. P. Pillai
  S. P. Pillai
  S. P. Pillai was an Indian film and stage actor, best known for his comic roles in Malayalam films.-Biography:S. P. Pillai was born in 1913 in Ettumanoor, Kottayam. His father Shankara Pillai, was a police constable. Pillai lost his parents at a young age itself...
  
  
• Sankaradi
  Sankaradi
  Sankaradi was an Indian actor. He was a veteran Malayalam comedian and character artiste, who had over 700 Malayalam films to his credit....
  
  
• Sumithra

Soundtrack

Song	Playback singers	Lyrics	Duration
"Panimathimukhi Bal.."	K. P. Brahmanandan, Sukumari Narendra Menon	Swathi Thirunal
"Thinthanam Tharo.."	Sukumari Narendra Menon, Padmini	Edasseri
"Samayamay.."	K. P. Brahmanandan, L. R. Anjali	Edasseri
"Sreemahadevan Thante.."	K. P. Brahmanandan, Padmini	Edasseri

Awards

• National Film Award for Best Film
  National Film Award for Best Film
  The National Award for Best Feature film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1954. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards given among National Film Awards...
  
  
• National Film Award for Best Actor
  National Film Award for Best Actor
  The National Film Award for Best Actor is an honor presented annually at the National Film Awards of India to an actor who has delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry.-Background:The Directorate of Film Festivals makes awards annually in several categories...
  
   - P. J. Antony
  P. J. Antony
  P. J. Antony was a Malayalam film actor. He received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Nirmalyam in 1974. He was also the first actor working in Malayalam cinema to receive the award...
  
  
• Kerala State Film Award for Best Film
  Kerala State Film Award for Best Film
  The Kerala State Film Award for Best Film winners:- References :* * Specific...