''Vasanthamalika'' is a 2003 Indian

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-language

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film directed by

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and written by Mahesh Mithra. It stars

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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 ...

, and

Uma Shankari Uma Shankari is an Indian actress who appeared in regional Indian language films. Career In 2006, she appeared in Sakthi Chidambaram's ''Kovai Brothers'' opposite Sibiraj, featuring as Sathyaraj's niece and also featured in ''Thodamaley'' alon ...

. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''

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''. This was

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's first film as an editor.

Cast

as Balakrishnan a.k.a. Balu, a garment worker *

as Nandini, the managing director's daughter *

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as Bodheswaran * Kavilraj as College student * Sai Kumar as Varadharaja settu *

Bindu Panicker Bindu Panicker is an Indian actress who has more than 200 films to her credit. She has played both comedy and character roles in Malayalam cinema. She won the Kerala State Film Award for the best supporting actress in 2001 for Soothradharan. S ...

as Anandavalli *

Sreenath Sreenath (26 August 1956 – 23 April 2010) was an Indian film and television actor. He has acted in many Malayalam films, including ''Shalini Ente Koottukari'', ''Ithu Njangalude Katha'', ''Oru CBI Diary Kurippu'', and '' Kireedam''. Sreenat ...

as Balakrishnan father * Kalarenjini as Lekshmiamma mother of Balakrishnan *

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as Abhilash * Master Arun as a Child of Kulappura veedu *

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as Komalan *

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as Mumbai Madhavan

Production

Biju Menon was initially supposed to play one of the lead roles. Uma Shankari, who made her Malayalam debut in '' Kuberan'', was cast as the heroine.

Soundtrack

* Ennum Palavidha M.G.Sreekumar * Koomanum Kurumanum M.G. Sreekumar * Manassinullil Mayangi M.G. Sreekumar * Poomukhathoro M.G. Sreekumar * Sightadikkana K.S. Chitra

References

External links

* 2002 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Malayalam remakes of Tamil films {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub