It told the story of a man, sentenced to double homicide having to undergo surgery. One was based on Keshavadev’s novel Odayil Ninnu which narrated the story of a Rickshaw driver and the second one was a diametrically different Daaham. He was able to create two films in 1965 that were critically and commercially successful. KS Sethumadhavan’s growth was phenomenal. In 1963, he came with another film-Susheela. His third film, Nithya Kanyaka was a remake of a Tamil film. Even in a relatively low-key cinema viewing area like Palakkad, the film ran for 50 days. But contrary to their fears, the film ran in Kochi alone for 100 days. They were confident that the film will be a flop.
Headlining Sathyan and Ambika, the absence of romantic scenes had troubled the distributors at that time. Within a year his second film came out-Kannum Karalum (1962). He made his debut in Malayalam Jnana Sundari, produced by TV Vasudevan under the banner of Associate Pictures. That’s why till she died KS Sethumadhavan insisted that the producers always handed his mother his salary. She trusted her eldest son with all her heart. Years later the mother confided this piece of shocking truth to her son-if not for his words of comfort, she would have done the unthinkable. En route, she was planning to jump into the river with her five children. They had taken the Mangalore mail from Jolarpetta. When Madras offered nothing to the young woman, she took a train to Palakkad with her children. He had three sisters and a brother and life had literally come to a standstill for the family. His dad, Palakkad Kurukkalpadam Subrahmanyan who was the forest officer in Old Madras died of a heart attack at the age of 40, leaving his 28-year-old wife, Lakshmi Amma widowed. KS Sethumadhavan’s real-life story is even more dramatic and enthralling than his films.
He made 69 films in 6 languages and made a name for himself as a filmmaker. As he grew up, the young boy kept his word. His mother hugged him tightly and cried hopeful of a bright future for her children. Though that bit of motivating speech came after he read a chapter about Chhatrapati Sivaji from his 4th std history book, for the mother of five who almost decided to jump out of the train to escape from poverty, these words were infinitely comforting. After studies, I will go back to Madras, make money and we will all live in prosperity,” this was the promise a ten-year-old lad gave his mother.
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