Naaraayam (film)

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Naaraayam
Directed by Sasi Shanker
Starring Murali
Urvashi
Jagadish
Kalpana
Release date
1993
Country India
Language Malayalam

Narayam is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Sasi Sankar and stars Murali and Urvashi in lead roles. [1] [2] [3] At 41st National Film Awards, it won the award for Best Film on Other Social Issues.

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Plot

Gayathri, born into an impoverished Hindu Namboothiri family in Palakkad, takes up the post of teaching Arabic in a school in Kozhikode. There she is supported in her decision by writer and social activist Shekharan, a widower with an only child, and the manager of the school, Hajiyar. The prospect of a Hindu woman teaching Arabic to Muslim students leads to communal problems, mainly led by three people: Menon who wants to take over the school management, Hajiyar's son-in-law - Azeez - who happened to take a bribe for appointing a Muslim as an Arabic teacher at the school, and the shrewd politician - Chelakkadan - who is waiting for an opportunity to unleash a communal riot and thereby reap electoral votes.

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