''Kadathu'' is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. G. Vishwambharan. The film stars

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, Shankar, M. G. Soman and Roja Ramani in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Shyam. Actually, the script was penned by Priyadharshan. When the movie screened in the theaters, he noticed the credit had gone to the director himself.

Cast

as Gopinath * Shankar as Rajappan * M. G. Soman as Ravi * Roja Ramani as Maalu * Sumalatha as Thulasi * Jagathy Sreekumar as Meesha Vasu Pilla * Adoor Bhasi as School Head Master * Alummoodan as School Peon Kittu Pilla *Baby Ponnambili *

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as Kaala Dhamu * Chembarathi Shobana * K. P. A. C. Azeez Police Officer * Bheeman Raghu * Nellikode Bhaskaran * Poojappura Ravi * Aryad Gopalakrishnan * Shubha as Sarala * Adoor Bhavani * Beena Kumbalangi

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by

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Trivia

* Priyadarshan approached producer Aroma

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with the first ever script he penned which was to be filmed by PG Vishwambharan but it was decided that a newcomer as a script writer would not fare well in the market so screenplay was credited to the director.

References

External links

* 1981 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films directed by P. G. Viswambharan {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub