''Kazhakam'' is a 1996

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film directed by

M. P. Sukumaran Nair M. P. Sukumaran Nair is an Indian film director and producer, working in Malayalam film industry. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. He has won both national and Kerala state film awards, multiple times, and is co ...

and starring

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...

and

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in the lead roles.

Plot.

Radha (Urvashi) is a village girl living close to the temple with her ill mother (Valsala Menon). Radha is not married. Her house accommodates the pilgrims to the temple. Nedumudi Venu and Mullanezhi are the temple workers and close friends of Radha. Radha makes flower chains for the lord at the temple. She makes a living by selling milk. A newly appointed teacher, Nandini (Kukku Parameshwaram) comes to the village. As there are no other safe and comfortable lodging available, Nandini stays at Radha's house. Nandini has a baby son, Kannan. When Nandini goes to work, Radha takes care of Kannan. This develops unbreakable bond between Radha and Kannan. Soon, Nandini found out that she is pregnant with her second child, by the time, Radha became almost a mother to Kannan, loving and caring him more than his biological mother.

Cast

* Nedumudi Venu * Ravi Vallathol *

Mullanezhi Mullanezhi Neelakandan Namboothiri (1948–2011), popularly known as Mullanezhi, was a Malayalam poet, playwright, lyricist and actor from Thrissur in Kerala state of India. He was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award twice: in 1995 for t ...

* Sreelatha Namboothiri * Kukku Parameswaran * Meena Ganesh *

Valsala Menon Valsala Menon (born 1945) is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam films. She has acted in over 200+ films. Currently she is active in Malayalam television serials. Early life Valsala Menon was born in 1945 to Raman Menon and Devakiyamma in ...

Awards

;

Kerala State Film Award The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

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References

External links

* 1996 films 1990s Malayalam-language films {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub