Peruvazhiyambalam

{{about|the 1979 film|the novel it is based on|Peruvazhiyambalam (novel)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Peruvazhiyambalam

| image = Peruvazhiyambalam.jpg

| caption = Bharat Gopy, Ashokan and K. P. A. C. Lalitha in a still from the film

| director = Padmarajan

| writer = Padmarajan

| based_on = {{based on|Peruvazhiyambalam|Padmarajan}}

| starring = Ashokan
Bharat Gopy
Jose Prakash
K. P. A. C. Azeez
K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Ramesh
Geetha

| cinematography = Kannan Narayanan

| editing = Ravi

| music = M. G. Radhakrishnan

| studio = Prakash MovieTone

| released = {{Film date|1979|8|6|df=y}}

| country = India

| language = Malayalam

}}

Peruvazhiyambalam ({{translation|High Road Temple}}) is a 1979 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film written and directed by P. Padmarajan, based on his novel of the same name. The film was Padmarajan's directorial debut and the acting debut of Ashokan, who played the central character, Raman. It was one of the last black-and-white Malayalam films.{{Cite web |date=5 January 2020 |title=How Padmarajan's 'Peruvazhiyambalam' is forerunner to Malayalam's angry-young-men films |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-padmarajan-s-peruvazhiyambalam-forerunner-malayalam-s-angry-young-men-films-115404 |access-date=6 July 2021 |website=The News Minute |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191932/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-padmarajan-s-peruvazhiyambalam-forerunner-malayalam-s-angry-young-men-films-115404 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Vijayakumar |first=B. |date=28 January 2018 |title=Peruvazhiyambalam: 1979 |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/peruvazhiyambalam-1979/article22548029.ece |access-date=30 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830074908/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/peruvazhiyambalam-1979/article22548029.ece |url-status=live }}

The Hindu described this film as one of the finest films in Malayalam.{{Cite news |last=Venkiteswaran |first=C. S. |date=21 January 2010 |title=Storyteller beyond compare |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Storyteller-beyond-compare/article16838827.ece |access-date=30 August 2022 |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331220252/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Storyteller-beyond-compare/article16838827.ece |url-status=live }} It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. The film was included in IBN Live's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.{{Cite web |date=26 April 2013 |title=100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200-80.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425235144/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200-80.html |archive-date=25 April 2013 |access-date=24 May 2013 |website=IBN Live}}