''Madanolsavam'' is a 1978 Indian

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-language romantic drama film written and directed by

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and starring Kamal Haasan,

Jayan Krishnan Nair (25 July 1939 – 16 November 1980), better known by his stage name Jayan, was an Indian actor, naval officer, stunt performer and cultural icon of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in over 150 Malayalam films. During his film care ...

and

Zarina Wahab Zarina Wahab is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Hindi and Malayalam films. Known for critically acclaimed roles in '' Chitchor'' and '' Gopal Krishna'' in Hindi and Malayalam cinema with films like ''Madanolsavam'', '' Chamaram'' ...

. Dialogues and comedy scenes were written by

Thoppil Bhasi Thoppil Bhaskara Pillai, known as Thoppil Bhasi (8 April 1924 – 8 December 1992) was an Indian Malayalam-language playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He was associated with the communist movement in Kerala and his play ''Ningalenne C ...

. The film was partially remade in

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-language as Amara Prema by T. Rama Rao with Kamal and Zarina reprising their roles from the original. The film was dubbed into Tamil as ''Paruva Mazhai'' and into Hindi as ''Dil Ka Sathi Dil''.

Cast

* Kamal Haasan as Raju *

as Dr. Jayakrishnan *

as Elizabeth *

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as Ambadi Rajasekharan Thampi * Sankaradi as D'Cruz *

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as Mariyamma *

Adoor Bhasi K. Bhaskaran Nair (1 March 1929 – 29 March 1990), known by his stage name Adoor Bhasi, was an Indian actor and film director from Kerala. Adoor Bhasi was almost always cast as the man who stands next to the hero. His hilarious actions and role ...

as Frederick March *

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as Dr. Radhakrishnan * Mallika Sukumaran as Rajasekharan Thampi's wife * Sreelatha Namboothiri *

Kottayam Santha Kottayam Santha was an Indian actress and dubbing artist best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 300 films. She had also acted in several TV serials like Valayam, Krishnakripasagaram etc. She dubbed for almost ...

* P. K. Abraham * Pattom Sadan *

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Production

''Madanolsavam'' was directed by

, produced by R. M. Subbiah under production banner R.M.S. Pictures. The film dialogue written by

. It was the first Malayalam film of

, she played Kamal's wife. The final length of the film was .

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album and background score for ''Madanolsavam'' were composed by

Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury (19 November 1925 – 5 September 1995) was an Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet who predominantly composed for Bengali, Hindi and Malayalam films. He composed music for films in 13 languages. This in ...

with Malayalam lyrics by

O. N. V. Kurup Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (known as O. N. V. Kurup; 27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016) was a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He receive ...

. This movie was dubbed to

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as Dil Ka Sathi Dil, Hindi lyrics written by ''Madhukar''. This movie was dubbed to

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as Paruva Mazhai, Tamil lyrics written by

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. The partially remade (and remained dubbed) Telugu version featured 4 songs which were sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & P. Susheela.

Release and reception

''Madanolsavam'' was released on 26 January 1978. This film was given an "U" (Unrestricted) certificate by the

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. At the Kerala State Film Awards 1977–78,

won in the Best Lyricist, and

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in Best Female Playback Singer.

Other versions

''Madanolsavam'' was remade in

as ''Amara Prema'' by T. Rama Rao with Kamal and Zarina reprising their roles from the original. Actress Savitri acted Telugu version. Only a few scenes in the film Amara Prema were remade and most of the scenes dubbed from the original version of the Madanolsavam. ''Amara Prema'' was released on 1 July 1978. Madanolsavam was dubbed into

as ''Paruva Mazhai'' released on 14 April 1978, and into

as ''Dil Ka Sathi Dil'' released on 1982.

References

External links

* * 1970s Malayalam-language films 1978 films 1978 romantic drama films Films directed by N. Sankaran Nair Films scored by Salil Chowdhury Indian romantic drama films Malayalam films remade in other languages {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub