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-language musical- romantic drama film directed by K. G. George and starring

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and Sobha. The film, considered to be the first campus film in Malayalam, was adapted from the novel of the same name by

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. It was shot mainly from

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Plot

The film's protagonist is Rahulan who loves three different women in different stages of his life. After his childhood love Thulasi commits suicide, Rahulan falls in love with his friend's sister Reena. She hails from an orthodox Christian family and Rahulan never has the courage to approach her father for a marriage proposal. After completing college, Rahulan gets a teacher job. He eventually falls in love with Meera, a rich student of his. Meera's family fixes her marriage with Rahulan. One night, Reena visits Rahulan in his house and at the same time Meera and her father also come and is shocked to see another woman with Rahulan. In the climax, Rahulan accepts Reena into his life. On the parallel, another romance story is also told, between Davis (Rahulan's friend and Reena's brother), and a nun.

Cast

as Rahulan * Sobha as Reena * Suchitra as Meera * Anuradha as Thulasi *

Ratheesh Ratheesh (1954–2002) was an Indian actor best known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He was a native of Kalavoor in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. He performed villainous roles during the 1990s. He had acted in 158 films with direc ...

as Davis *

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as Susanna *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decades ...

as Shanku * Sankaradi as Father Chenadan * P. K. Venukuttan Nair as Reena's father * Kumudam * Azeez as Meera's father * Dr. Namputhiri * Konniyoor Vijayakumar * William Dicruz *

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as Rahulan's father * Sreemathi George Varghese * Thrissur Elsy as Meera's mother * Omanammal * Jessy * Shanthi * Nicemon as child rahulan

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. B. Sreenivasan with lyrics by O. N. V. Kurup.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 0215276 1970s Malayalam-language films 1970s romantic musical films 1979 films 1979 romantic drama films Films based on Indian novels Films directed by K. G. George Films scored by M. B. Sreenivasan Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram Indian romantic drama films Indian romantic musical films