''Himam'' () is a 1983 Indian

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-language

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, directed by Joshiy. The film stars Prem Nazir,

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Shanavas Shanawas Prem Nazir is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam film . He is the son of legendary Malayalam actor Prem Nazir (Evergreen Hero of Malayalam Cinema). He has acted in more than 50 Malayalam films. Background Shanawas was born at T ...

and Sripriya. The film has musical score by

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. The movie is a remake of the 1973 movie ''

Yaadon Ki Baaraat ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' () is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by Nasir Hussain and written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar). It featured an ensemble cast, starring Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, Tariq, Zeenat Aman, Ne ...

''. The story revolves around a man who is separated from and later reunites with his sons.

Plot

Prasad, a middle-class man, lived with his wife, Ammu and sons, Vijay and Renji. Ammu had taught her sons, a song called "Gomedakam" (which means "

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"). They lead a happy life until one day, Ammu is killed by two goons, led by the crime lord. Prasad manages to escape with his sons, however, the three are separated. As time passes, Prasad becomes a criminal, who is still haunted by the murder of his wife. He vows to find his sons Vijay and Renji and avenge his wife's death. Vijay is a photographer while Renji does gigs to make a living. Vijay meets Sunita, though they initially dislike each other, they fall in love. Renji falls for his co-singer Indu. Soon, the brothers find each other. Prasad realises that Vijay and Renji are his sons but can't contact them. In the end, Prasad kills the villain and reunites with his sons.

Cast

* Prem Nazir as Prasad *

as Vijay *

as Renji * Sripriya as Sunita *

Sumalatha Sumalatha (born 27 August 1963) is an Indian actress, politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mandya, Karnataka. She has acted in more than 220 films in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi. She gained ...

as Indu *

Manjula Vijayakumar Manjula Vijayakumar (4 July 195423 July 2013) was an Indian actress. She acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Personal life She and actor Vijayakumar got married in 1976. The couple ...

as Ammu *

Kundara Johny Johny Joseph with the stage name Kundara Johny is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 100 films. He has also done Tamil films like ''Vaazhkai Chakram'' and ''Nadigan ''Nadigan'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-languag ...

as Gireesh * Balan K. Nair as Vasu *

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as Sharada *

Jose Prakash Jose Prakash (14 April 1925 – 24 March 2012) was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was a singer turned actor who had appeared in more than 300 films mostly in antagonist roles. He was awarded with the J. C. Daniel ...

as Jayakanth * Cochin Haneefa as Ameer Khan * Anuradha as Dancer *

Prathapachandran Prathapachandran (1941–2004) was an Indian actor, who worked predominantly in 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 over 300 movies. ...

as Madhavan * P. K. Abraham as Varma *Thodupuzha Radhakrishnan as Menon

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by Bichu Thirumala and

Mankombu Gopalakrishnan Mankombu Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film lyricist, poet and script writer in Malayalam movies. He has written more than 700 songs for about 200 Malayalam movies. He has also done story, screenplay and dialogue for more than 10 Malayalam movies ...

References

External links

* 1983 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Malayalam remakes of Hindi films {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub 1980s masala films Films directed by Joshiy