What is "kavyamela"

Kavyamela is a 1965 Malayalam film written by S. L. Puram Sadanandan and directed by M. Krishnan Nair, starring Prem Nazir and Sheela in the lead roles. The film is best known for the performance by Prem Nazir and songs by Dakshinamoorthy - Vayalar team.

Kavyamela released on 22 October 1965. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.

The movie was a remake of 1961 Kannada movie Kantheredu Nodu produced by A K Velan.

It was observed that this film was also an adaptation of Guru Dutt’s classic Hindi film Pyaasa (1957) and except for some minor twists in the story, the film followed Pyaasa very closely. Velan, who had earlier sold the copyrights of the Kannada movie Kantheredu Nodu to T. E. Vasudevan for Rs.1000, subsequently purchased it back for Rs.5000 to remake it in Tamil for a 1968 movie titled Devi starring Muthuraman and Devika which bombed at the box office.