''Thaniniram'' is a 1973 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by Muhammad Assam. The film stars

Prem Nazir Prem Nazir (born Abdul Khader; 7 April 1926 – 16 January 1989) was an Indian actor known as one of Malayalam cinema's definitive leading man, leading men of his generation. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential actors in the histo ...

, Vijayasree, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Jose Prakash and

Sankaradi Chandrashekaran Menon, better known by his screen name Sankaradi (14 July 1924 – 8 October 2001), was an Indian actor. He was a veteran Malayalam comedian and character artist, who had over 700 Malayalam films to his credit. He dominated the ...

. The film had musical score by

G. Devarajan Paravoor Govindan Devarajan (1927–2006), popularly known as G. Devarajan or Devarajan master, was an Indian music composer and Carnatic singer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Indian film music. He sco ...

Cast

as Prabhakaran * Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as Gopalan Master * Vijayasree as Radha * Jose Prakash as Mathai/Mathew Philip *

as Vaidyan * K. P. Ummer as Tank Madhavan * Sadhana as Menaka * Usharani as Vasanthy * Meena as Insane lady * Paravoor Bharathan as Kozhi Krishnan/Aathmanantha Guru Swami *

N. Govindankutty N. Govindan Kutty was a Malayalam film actor. He has appeared in around 100 films, acting mainly in villain roles. Background Kutty was born at Fort Kochi in 1924, Ernakulam as the son of Sankara Narayanan and Nanukutty Amma. He was a natural ...

as Aadu Veladuyhan *

T. S. Muthaiah T. S. Muthaiah (1923 – 12 February 1992) was a Malayalam and Tamil film actor. He was a very popular actor in both film industries who usually played character and supporting roles in 1950s and 1960s. He acted with M. G. Ramachandran in Thayi ...

as P. K. Warrier * Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Subhadra * Adoor Bhasi as Vishvambharan *

Pattom Sadan Sadhasivan, popularly known as Pattom Sadan was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 200 films. His debut movie was Chathurangam in 1959. He was a famous comedy artist during the 1960s and 1970s. He acted in many Tamil movie ...

as Sukumarankutty

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by Vayalar Ramavarma and

P. Bhaskaran Pulloottupadathu Bhaskaran alias as P. Bhaskaran (21 April 1924 – 25 February 2007), was a Malayalam poet, lyricist of Malayalam film songs, and filmmaker. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed 44 Malayalam fea ...

References

External links

* 1973 films 1970s Malayalam-language films Films directed by J. Sasikumar {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub