Ripples and the shore) is a 1970 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by P. N. Menon, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, and produced by P. A.

It stars Madhu and Usha Nandini, with Jose Prakash, Philomina, and Nilambur Balan in supporting roles.

The story is about a Muslim trader who falls in love with his dead friend's sister who is the daughter of a prostitute.

Ashamed of his mother Beevathu's immoral life after his father's death, Abdu runs away from his native village Vazhakkadavu and is engaged in timber trading.

Here, Bapputty falls in love with Abdu's only sister Nabeesa who also hates her mother's way of life but is helpless.

The film ends with Nabeesa's suicide and Bapputty staring at her swollen corpse washed ashore as he leaves the village.

In fact, Beevathu is considered as one of the best performances of Philomina, which fetched her a State award for the second best actress of the year.

[7] The tragic realism in this art-house movie, which was also a commercial hit, later became a definitive formula for a whole generation of Malayalam directors, including P. A.

MT's flawless script centering on the love affair of a trader with the daughter of a sex worker was the base on which P.N.

[3] The film was remade as a featurette under the same name as part of the Malayalam-language anthology series titled Manorathangal (2024) on ZEE5, with Mohanlal and Durga Krishna playing the lead roles.