''Ezhuthatha Kadha'' () is a 1970 Indian

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-language film, directed by

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and produced by T. E. Vasudevan. The film stars

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, Sheela, Adoor Bhasi and

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. The film had musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy.

Plot

Prathapan wants to publish memoirs of Kamalamma, a former prostitute and stage star. When her former clients learn about this, they try everything in their power to stop it from being published.

Cast

as Prathapachandran * Sheela as Kayamkulam Kamalamma * Adoor Bhasi as Bhaskaran Pillai *

as Raghavan Pillai *

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 Tabalist Shanku Asan *

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 Eashwariyamma, Prathapachandran's Mother *

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as Meena * G. K. Pillai as Palathara Thomachan *

K. P. Ummer Kachinamthoduka Puthiyapurayil Ummer known as K. P. Ummer (Malayalam: കെ.പി. ഉമ്മർ) was an Indian actor from Thekkepuram quarter of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was active in the Malayalam cinema from early sixties until late ...

as Gopalan Nair * Meena as Mrs. Nair * Nellikode Bhaskaran as Drama-troupe Manager * Paravoor Bharathan as Padmanabhan *

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (16 October 191611 March 1997) was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor, though he is best known as an actor in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of Padma Shri from t ...

as Parameswaran/Kattazham Karthavu *

T. K. Balachandran T. K. Balachandran was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Malayalam films. He has acted in more than 200 films. His areas of contribution includes Production, Dialogue, Story, Screenplay. He is the first actor to do a double role in the history ...

as Blind Singer, drama artist * Paul Vengola as Advocate's clerk * Vanchiyoor Radha as Manager's sister *Thodupuzha Radhakrishnan as Govindan Muthalali *Abbas as Palathara Thomachan's gunda *Rathidevi as Young Meena *Vembayam Thampi as committee secretary

Soundtrack

The music was composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi.

References

External links

* 1970 films 1970s Malayalam-language films Best Malayalam Feature Film National Film Award winners {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub