''Brahmachari'' is a 1972 Indian

Malayalam language 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 J. Sasikumar and produced by S. S. T. Lakshmanan, S. S. T. Subramaniyam and Thiruppathi Chettiyar. 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 ...

, Sharada, Adoor Bhasi and Jose Prakash in the lead roles. The film had musical score by

V. Dakshinamoorthy Venkateswaran Dakshinamoorthy (9 December 1919 – 2 August 2013) was a veteran carnatic musician and composer and music director of Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films, predominantly in Malayalam films. He has set scores for the songs in over 125 ...

. The film was a remake of the 1967 Tamil film ''

Penne Nee Vaazhga ''Penne Nee Vaazhga'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film produced and directed by P. Madhavan, starring Jaishankar and K. R. Vijaya. It was released on 14 January 1967 and emerged a success. The film was remade in Malayalam as '' Brahmacha ...

'' and Hindi film '' Ek Nari Ek Brahmachari''.

Cast

as Jayachandran * Sharada as Sreedevi/Vasanthy * Adoor Bhasi as Veeramarthandan Pilla * Bahadoor as Soman *

T. R. Omana T. R. Omana is an Indian actress in Malayalam films. She mainly acts in supporting roles and mother roles. She has acted in more than 500 films. Personal life T. R. Omana was born as eldest among five children to T R Gopala Pillai, Timber mer ...

as Bhargavi Pilla * Jose Prakash as Venugopal * Rani Chandra as Vimala * Sujatha as Suvarna *

Kunchan Kunchan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kunchan Nambiar Kunchan Nambiar was a prominent Malayalam poet of the 18th century (1705-1770). Apart from being a prolific poet, Nambiar is also famous as the originator of the da ...

as Kuttappan *

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 ...

as Unnithan * Baby *

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 Sreedevi's father *

V. D. Rajappan Velikuzhiyil Devadasan Rajappan (വി. ഡി. രാജപ്പൻ) was an Indian actor in Malayalam movies . He was a popular Kadhaprasangam artist in Kerala. He was born in Kottayam, Kerala. He was known for his inventive style in stand-up ...

as the Appunni *Yamuna *Ambili *Girija *John Varghese *Justin *Oolan Ramu *Treesa

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by Vayalar Ramavarma.

References

External links

* 1972 films 1970s Malayalam-language films Films directed by J. Sasikumar Malayalam remakes of Tamil films {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub