''Sidhartha'' is a 1998 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

film, directed by Jomon and produced by Madhavan Nair. Story, Screenplay & Dialogues done by Sathyanath. The film stars

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil l ...

Jagadish P. V. Jagadish Kumar (born 12 June 1955) known mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, television presenter and former politician. He has starred in over 375 Malayalam films and 2 Hindi films. He is best known for his comi ...

, Rambha,

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

Thilakan Palappurathu Kesavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appearan ...

in lead roles. The film had musical score by Vidyasagar.

Cast

as Sidharthan main protagonist, Karunakara and Lakshmi's son, Sreedevi stepson, Sethu stepbrother * Rambha as Hema a medical student, commissioner sister / Siddhartha's love interest *

as Raghavan Nair, Karunakara Menon brother-in-law / Balu and Radhika's father *

as Pavithran Sidharthan's assistant and brother-like friend. *

Biju Menon Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a car ...

as Sethu (Sidharthan's step-brother) *

as Karunakara Menon, Kozhikode mayor, father of Sidhartha and Sethu / *

Anju Aravind Anju Aravind is an Indian actress who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada films. In early 2000's she shifted her focus to Malayalam TV serials and shows. Personal life Anju Aravind is born to Aravindan and Kanchana on 23 July 1978. Sh ...

as Radhika (Raghavan's daughter) *

Lalu Alex Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry. Lalu Alex ...

as Commissioner Harishankar, Hema's brother *

Shiju Shiju Abdul Rasheed is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam and Telugu films. He is known by stage name Devi Shiju in Telugu films as he played a role in Kodi Ramakrishna's Devi. He has appeared in more than 50 films and several popular TV ...

as Balu (Raghavan's son) *

Srividya Srividya (24 July 1953 – 19 October 2006), also known as Sreevidya, was an Indian actress best known for her work predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, along with few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. In a career spanning for 40 years, ...

as Sridevi (Sidharthan's stepmother, Raghavan's sister) *Mini Nair as Commissioner's wife *

Ponnamma Babu Ponnamma Babu is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 300 films, TV serials and Comedy shows . She made her debut in ''Padanayakan'' in 1996. Personal life Ponnamma was born to Mathai and ...

as Lakshmi, Sidharthan's mother / Karunakaran's wife.

Soundtrack

*"Poomanathe Kannippadam" - K. J. Yesudas *"Alliyambalay" - K. S. Chithra, M. G. Sreekumar *"Kaivanna Thankamalle (Male)" - Jayachandran *"Mayikayamam" - K. S. Chithra, Hariharan *"Kaivanna Thankamalle (Female)" - K. S. Chithra

References

External links

* 1998 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films shot in Kozhikode Films scored by Vidyasagar {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub