''Thushaaram'' is a 1981 Indian

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directed by I. V. Sasi, starring

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, Seema,

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and

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. Lyrics were written by Yusafali and the music score by Shyam. The film, originally was planned with actor

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, but his untimely death forced the makers to cast

, a struggling actor as the lead.

Plot

Raveedran is an officer of the Indian army. Raveedran and his wife stay in army quarters in Kashmir, he is working under Malayali brigadier. One day Raveedran's wife commits suicide. He does not understand why. After some days he realizes that it was murder. The Brigadier had killed his wife. Then Raveendran kidnaps the brigadier's daughter for revenge. When the Brigadier's daughter understands Raveedran's story, she loves him. In the climax the brigadier is punished by army court and loses his uniform.

Cast

as Cap. P. Raveendran * Seema as Dr. Sindhu Menon *

as Shobha Raveendran *

as Cap. Vijayan Menon * Balan K. Nair as Brig. Rajashekhara Menon *

Kundara Johny Johny Joseph with the stage name Kundara Johny is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 100 films. He has also done Tamil films like ''Vaazhkai Chakram'' and ''Nadigan ''Nadigan'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-languag ...

as Cap. Nair * Kunchan as Cap. Alexander * Lalu Alex as Cap. Alex *Nellikkode Bhaskaran as Govindan Nair *Jaffer Khan as Jaffer Khan

Remake

''Thushaaram'' was shot in Kashmir. The film was remade in

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as ''

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'' with Rajesh Khanna playing the lead role.

References

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* 1984 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films shot in Ladakh Indian Army in films Malayalam films remade in other languages Films directed by I. V. Sasi {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub