---
title: 'Elippathayam (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Adoor Gopalakrishnan'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/elippathayam-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082318/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Elippathayam (1981)

1981 · 116 min · Drama · India

Original title: എലിപ്പത്തായം

## Synopsis

Elippathayam is a 1982 Malayalam film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It stars Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sharada, Jalaja, and Rajam K. Nair. The film documents the feudal life in Kerala at its twilight overshadowed with grief, and a sense of carelessness/avoidance as a form of revolt. The protagonist is disenfranchised and trapped within himself and does not want to - unable to change with the social changes taking place around him. The film premiered at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. It was also screened at the London Film Festival where it won the Sutherland Trophy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Adoor Gopalakrishnan](https://cinepixo.com/people/adoor-gopalakrishnan)
- **Screenplay:** [Adoor Gopalakrishnan](https://cinepixo.com/people/adoor-gopalakrishnan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [M. B. Sreenivasan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-b-sreenivasan)
- **Producer:** [K. Ravindranathan Nair](https://cinepixo.com/people/k-ravindranathan-nair)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mankada Ravi Varma](https://cinepixo.com/people/mankada-ravi-varma)
- **Editor:** [M. Mani](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-mani)

## Cast

- [Sharada](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharada)
- [Karamana Janardanan Nair](https://cinepixo.com/people/karamana-janardanan-nair)

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