''Shakuntala'' is a 1965 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

-language film, directed and produced by

Kunchacko Kunchacko (19 February 1912 – 15 June 1976) was an Indian film producer and director who worked in the Malayalam film industry. His venture Udaya Studios influenced the gradual shift of Malayalam film industry from its original base of Madra ...

. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sathyan,

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (16 October 191611 March 1997) was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor, though he is best known as an actor in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of Padma Shri fr ...

and Prema. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan and

K. Raghavan K. Raghavan (2 December 1913 – 19 October 2013), also fondly called Raghavan Master, was a Malayalam music composer and Carnatic Vocalist. Along with G. Devarajan, V. Dakshinamoorthy and Baburaj, Raghavan is often credited for the renaissance ...

. The film is adapted from the 1961 Bollywood film ''Stree''. The film had its opening sequence in Eastmancolor.

Cast

* Prem Nazir *

Kalaikkal Kumaran Kalaikkal Kumaran (1919 - 8 August 1998) was a noted Malayalam film and very popular drama actor. He was well known for his comedy roles in dramas by Kalidasa Kalakendram. He acted in 65 films and more than 150 dramas. He appeared more than 15000 ...

* Sathyan *

* Prema *

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 ...

*KS Gopinath * Rajasree *Jolly * K. R. Vijaya *MS Namboothiri *Rani

Soundtrack

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* 1965 films 1960s Malayalam-language films Films based on works by Kalidasa Works based on Shakuntala (play) Films scored by G. Devarajan Films scored by K. Raghavan {{1960s-Malayalam-film-stub