''Paadasaram'' is a 1978

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-language film, directed by A.N. Thampi and produced by Sivan Kunnampilly. The film stars Jose,

Shobha Mahalakshmi Menon, best known by her stagename Shobha (23 September 1962 – 1 May 1980), was an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam and Tamil films. At the age of 17, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her rol ...

, Raji and

T. G. Ravi T. G. Ravindranathan (born 16 May 1944), popularly known as T. G. Ravi, is an Indian actor, mainly noted for his roles as a villain in Malayalam cinema. He along with Balan K. Nair played most of the negative roles in Malayalam cinema during t ...

. The film has musical score by

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Cast

* Jose as Rameshan *

as Shoba *Raji as Thulasi *

as Ravi * Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Kamalakshi *

P. J. Antony P. J. Antony (1 January 1925 – 14 March 1979) was an Indian stage and film actor. He received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Nirmalyam'' in 1974. He was also the first actor working in Malayalam cinema to recei ...

as Pulluvan *

Aranmula Ponnamma Aranmula Ponnamma (8 April 1914 – 21 February 2011) was a National Award winning Indian actress known for her roles as mother of the protagonist in numerous films in a career spanning over five decades. She is widely described as a mother ...

as Bhavani *Baby Sangeetha as Omana * Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Poomangalathu Unnithan * Kuthiravattam Pappu * Santha Devi as Pulluvathi Kochukaali

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

with lyrics by G. K. Pallath, G. Gopalakrishnan and A. P. Gopalan.

References

External links

* 1978 films 1970s Malayalam-language films Indian drama films {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub