Bharatham

<p>Kalloor Gopinathan alias Gopi is a member of a happy family with heritage and he himself is a good singer. Kalloor Ramanathan who is also an excellent singer, is Gopi’s elder brother, and role model. Ramanathan is married to Ramani and has a son Appu. Gopi is in love with Devi who is the sister of Ramani. Raman reigns in the family and in the society with his music. But he turns into . Despite several attempts by family members to make him give up the habit and several failed assurances to his family members, he is unable to give up the habit. Raman reaches for a concert in an inebriated state and Gopi is forced to take over. He is an instant hit with the masses. This has been depicted quite symbolically during the song . Gopi’s music, which was hidden behind his brother’s charisma now flows out in full strength. Taking this as an insult, Raman starts hating his brother and strives hard to recover from alcoholism. His morale is shattered when organizers of the select his brother over him to perform. This makes Raman angry. So Gopi decides to stop singing. But on hearing this Raman understands his mistake and asks Gopi to sing at . Ramanathan attends his brother’s concert in a drunken state but is able to appreciate his brother’s talent. In the middle of the concert, he enters the stage, removes his ancestral necklace and puts it on Gopi as a mark of continuation of his legacy. He then walks away into the horizon. With a longing to get rid of the alcoholism and perform a concert with his brother, he sets on a pilgrimage, but was never to return. Gopi, learning that Raman died in an accident, is forced to conceal the truth because of their vocally disabled sister’s marriage. Gopi gets lot of moral support with Devi, who also knows the truth. Gopi’s reaches penultimate when his family learns of Raman’s death and that Gopi was concealing it. Everything ends fine when the family understands his intentions. The movie ends while Gopi begins to train Appu in their musical legacy. The was composed by while the acclaimed songs were composed by with lyrics were penned by . All the songs of this movie were instant hits. (but also has traces of Raag ) Bharatham was released on 29 March 1991 considering as a season release. The and of the film was distributed by Saina Video Vision and . bagged the television rights and the digital streaming rights were shared by , streaming in their platform, and Millennium Cinemas, streaming on their channel.</p>