Ormakal Marikkumo

Kamal Haasan and Vidhubala are a happily married couple who enjoy their life. The first half is full of scenes that involve both of them. The story goes into a flashback where Kamal Haasan and Vidhubala are a couple where Kamal Haasan suspects Vidhubala and kills her. Shoba reincarnates as Vidhubala and tells the truth to Kamal Haasan. Upon hearing the story, Kamal Haasan gets himself killed by running towards a lorry. The film ends in a sad note with both Kamal Haasan and Shoba dying at the end.

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• Kamal Haasan as Chandrasekharan
• Shobha as Ammini/Parvathi
• Vidhubala as Parvathi{{cite news |date=18 August 2008 |title=The girl next door |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/08/18/stories/ |work =The Hindu |url-status=dead |access-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203050944/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/08/18/stories/2006081800900300.htm |archive-date=3 December 2007}}
• Jayan as Prabhakaran{{Cite web |date=25 July 2020 |title='ബാലന്‍ കെ.നായര്‍ അത് പറഞ്ഞപ്പോള്‍ ഞാന്‍ ഉള്ളില്‍ വിതുമ്പി; അദ്ദേഹത്തോടൊന്നും പറയാനായില്ല' |language=ml |work=Mathrubhumi |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/features/kamal-haasan-remembering-jayan-actor-jayan-death-anniversary-movies-1.4285247 |access-date=28 June 2021}}
• M. G. Soman as Dr. Aravindan
• Sankaradi as Chandrasekharan's uncle
• T. R. Omana as Thankamani
• Prema as Lakshmi/Aravindan's mother
• Kunchan as Pappu
• Pala Thankam as Chellamma
• Paravoor Bharathan as Narayanan
• Poojappura Ravi as Vaidyar
• Radhadevi as Janakiyamma
• Mythili as Usha
• Vanchiyoor Radha as Teacher
• Ramu as Ravi
• Kedamangalam Ali

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In an interview with Ravi Menon on the talk show Chakkarapanthal, actress Vidhubala recalled shooting the slow motion song sequence in this film, She and Kamal Haasan actually moved and danced slowly since the technique had not yet been introduced in Malayalam cinema.{{Cite news |last=Athira |first=M. |date=5 December 2013 |title=Quick Five: Ravi Menon - Celebrating with music |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/quick-five-ravi-menon-celebrating-with-music/article5425318.ece/amp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210531112734/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/quick-five-ravi-menon-celebrating-with-music/article5425318.ece/amp/ |archive-date=31 May 2021 |work=The Hindu |access-date=25 June 2021}} The film produced under banner Chitrakalakendram, and the final length of the film was {{Convert|3543.00|metres|feet}}.{{Cite web |date=8 April 1978 |title=Weekly Gazette of India, 1978-04-08, Weekly |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.csl_weekly.1978-04-08.O-1111-1978-0014-48503/page/n8/mode/2up?q=Ormakal+Marikkumo |access-date=26 June 2021 |publisher=The Gazette of India |pages=947}}

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan{{Cite news |last=Pradeep |first=K. |date=16 July 2015 |title=The 'music creator' falls silent |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/the-music-creator-falls-silent/article7428830.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181206173226/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/the-music-creator-falls-silent/article7428830.ece |archive-date=6 December 2018 |access-date=25 June 2021}} with lyrics by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan.

Ormakal Marikkumo was released on 26 August 1977.{{Cite book |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/kamal-films.asp

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210612101253/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/kamal-films.asp |archive-date=12 June 2021 |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |last=Film News Anandan |access-date=25 June 2021 |publisher=Sivakami Publishers |location=Chennai |year=2004 |language=Tamil |trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films |url-status=usurped

|author-link=Film News Anandan}} Shobha won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress.{{cite web |title=State Film Awards |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |publisher=Kerala State Chalachitra Academy |access-date=26 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232254/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016}} The film was dubbed in Telugu language as Parvathi Malli Puttindi and released on 27 August 1982,{{cite web |title=Parvathi Malli Puttindi |url=https://gaana.com/album/parvathi-malli-puttindi |website=Gaana |access-date=26 June 2021}} Hindi as Afsana Do Dil Kaa (1982).{{cite web |title=Afsana Do Dil Kaa |url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/yp220890 |website=muvyz.com |access-date=26 June 2021}}

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Category:1977 films

Category:1970s Malayalam-language films

Category:1970s Indian films

Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan

Category:Films directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan

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