''Adipapam'' () is a 1988 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 wa ...

-language erotic film directed and filmed by

P. Chandrakumar P. Chandrakumar is an Indian film director, cinematographer, and film distributor who worked in Malayalam cinema. Early life Chandrakumar hails from Kollengode, Palakkad, Kollengode, Palakkad district in Kerala, India. He has a younger brother P ...

and produced by R. B. Choudary. It is based on the

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

and features Vimal Raja and Abhilasha as

Adam Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

and Eve, respectively. Upon release, the film grossed ₹2.5

crore A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is eq ...

against a budget of ₹7.5

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. The film was released in Tamil as ''Muthal Paavam''.

Cast

* Vimal Raja as

* Abhilasha as Eve

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Jerry Amaldev Jerome Thomas Veleeparambil, more popularly known by his stage name Jerry Amaldev (born 15 April 1939) is a three-time Kerala State Film Awards winning Indian composer of film scores who has given music to some of the most important motion pict ...

and Usha Khanna, with lyrics written by Devadas.

Reception

The film, made at a budget of 750,000, grossed 25 million. It is regarded as the first successful Malayalam film with softcore nudity. The success of the film inspired a series of similar productions in the next few years. Chandrakumar himself went on to direct eight more adult films and Abhilasha became the most sought B-grade actress.

References

External links

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