Sandhya Vandanam is a 1983

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film, directed by

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and produced by V. P. Dileep. The film stars

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and

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in the lead roles. The film has musical score by

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Plot

Soudamini and Sarada are daughters of feudal lord Kuruppu in the village. Soudamini is in love with Sasi, son of their caretaker. Kuruppu learns about their relation and forbids his daughter from meeting Sasi. He also arranges Soudamini's wedding with Ramachandran, an engineer. Soudamini decides to elope with Sasi, however, her sister Sarada convinces Soudamini not to go for the sake of their family. Soudamini and Ramachandran get married, while a disheartened Sasi watches in pain. Sarada also marries a farmer, Madhavan Kutty. Soudamini moves in with Ramachandran and starts a happy married life. Sasi finds job as a teacher and move to the same town. Kuruppu falls ill and passes away soon after the weddings. During the funeral, caretaker Pillai informs Ramachandran about the old relationship between Soudamini and Sasi. An upset Ramachandran confronts Soudamini. After an initial fight, the couple makes up. Ramachandran's younger brother Venu happens to be studying in the same school where Sasi is working. Sasi is appointed as a home tutor for Venu. Soudamini and Sasi meet each other again. Ramachandran finds Sasi and Soudamini talking alone and misreads the situation. Ramachandran takes a pregnant Soudamini backs to her home and leaves her there. Soudamini is forced to leave her home in the night as her brother-in-law Madhavan Kutty does not want her there. Soudamini tries to ends her life, jumping into water, where Sasi finds her and give her solace.

Cast

as Soudamini a.k.a. Mini *

as Ramachandran *

as Sasidharan Nair a.k.a. Sasi *

as Charumoottil Kuruppu *

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as Pillai *Vijayavani as Sarada *

Achankunju Achankunju ( ml, അച്ചൻകുഞ്ഞ്) (1930 - 16 January 1987) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the 1980s, mainly portraying villainous roles. He acted in more than 50 films in Malayalam. Backgrou ...

as Bhaskaran Aasan *

K. P. Ummer Kachinamthoduka Puthiyapurayil Ummer known as K. P. Ummer (Malayalam: കെ.പി. ഉമ്മർ) was an Indian actor from Thekkepuram quarter of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was active in the Malayalam cinema from early sixties until late ...

as Ramachandran's father *

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as Kuttappan * M. S. Thripunithura as Marar *

Philomina Philomina (1926 – 2 January 2006) was an Indian actress, who worked in the Malayalam film industry. She acted in more than 750 films in her career. She played mostly character and comedy roles, besides that of mother and grandmother. She star ...

as Paru Amma *

Ravi Menon Chalappurathu Raveendranatha Menon (1950 – 24 November 2007), popularly known as Ravi Menon was a veteran Indian film actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was born in Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad in 1950. He completed diploma from the Film a ...

as Mammathu/Mammukka * Sadhana (actress) as Kalyani

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by

Vayalar Ramavarma Vayalar Ramavarma (March 25, 1928 – October 27, 1975), also known as Vayalar, was an Indian poet and lyricist of Malayalam language. He was known for his poems which include ''Sargasangeetham'', ''Mulankaadu'', ''Padamudrakal'', ''Aayisha'' a ...

References

External links

* 1983 films 1980s Malayalam-language films {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub