''Appooppan'' (also known as Charithram Aavarthikkunnilla before release) () is a 1976 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

-language film, directed by

P. Bhaskaran Pulloottupadathu Bhaskaran alias as P. Bhaskaran (21 April 1924 – 25 February 2007), was a Malayalam poet, lyricist of Malayalam film songs, and filmmaker. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed 44 Malayalam fea ...

, starring

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (16 October 191611 March 1997) was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor, though he is best known as an actor in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of Padma Shri from t ...

Jayabharathi Jayabharathi is an Indian actress. She is a two-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for best actress. Jayabharathi's first leading role was given by director P. Bhaskaran for his movie Kattukurangu in 1969. Later she became one of ...

, Sumithra and

Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali l ...

. The film was a remake of the

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

film ''

Tata Manavadu ''Thatha-Manavadu'' () is a 1973 Indian Telugu-language film written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao in his debut. The film stars S. V. Ranga Rao and Raja Babu in the titular roles. ''Thatha-Manavadu'' featured Raja Babu, who had mostly ac ...

''.

Cast

as Velu Nair *

as Babu *

as Bindu * Sumithra as Radha, Amminikutty (double role) *

Sankaradi Chandrashekaran Menon, better known by his screen name Sankaradi (14 July 1924 – 8 October 2001), was an Indian actor. He was a veteran Malayalam comedian and character artist, who had over 700 Malayalam films to his credit. He dominated the ...

as Sankaran Menon *

Sukumari Sukumari Amma (6 October 1940 – 26 March 2013) was an Indian actress best known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning more than five decades, She has appeared in more than 2500 films predominantly in Malayalam, Tam ...

as Bharathi * Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Sarasvathi *

K. P. Ummer Kachinamthoduka Puthiyapurayil Ummer known as K. P. Ummer (Malayalam: കെ.പി. ഉമ്മർ) was an Indian actor from Thekkepuram quarter of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was active in the Malayalam cinema from early sixties until late ...

as Gopinath * Adoor Bhasi as Vishwanatha Menon *

Prathapachandran Prathapachandran (1941–2004) was an Indian actor, who worked predominantly in Malayalam film, Malayalam film industry, though he acted in a few Tamil and Telugu movies as well. He known for the portrayal of villainous and character roles in o ...

as Money lender * Master Raghu (Karan) as young Babu *Baby Indira as young Amminikutty *Manjeri Chandran as Venu *Rajasulochana as Malini

Production

''Appooppan'' film was directed by

, produced by Murugan under the production banner "Murugan Movies". It is a remake of the 1973 Telugu film ''

''. The film was given an "U" (Unrestricted) certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification and the final length of the film was . The film ''Appooppan'' was announced as Charithram Aavarthikkunnilla and the film's posters and LP records covers also carried the same name. The title change to ''Appooppan'' happened just within 1 week before the film's theatrical release. There is a misconception that ''Appooppan'' and ''Charitram Aavarthikkunnilla'' are two different films.

Soundtrack

The film ''Appooppan'' was previously named as ''Charithram Aavarthikkunnilla'' and the LP records covers also carried the same name. The music was composed by

M. S. Baburaj Mohammad Sabir Baburaj was an Indian music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs. Early years Baburaj was born on 9 March 1929 in Kozhikode ...

References

External links

1970s Malayalam-language films Films directed by P. Bhaskaran {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub