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-language film directed by

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. The film stars

Mammooty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, H ...

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and

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. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by

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Cast

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Viswanath, Indian Army officer *

as Kodiesvaran *

as Shobana *

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as Sundari *

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as Anjali *

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as Tiruchitrambalam *

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as Madhu * Alphonsa * Madhusudhan Rao

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar. Lyrics were written by Vairamuthu. * "Ochamma Ochamma" —

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, Uma Ramanan,

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* "Poothirukkum Vaname" — Hariharan, Uma Ramanan * "Enakkum Unakkum" — Gopal Rao,

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* "Dheem Thakka" —

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* "Baba Baba" — Gopal Rao, Vidyasagar

References

External links

* 1997 films Films shot in Ooty 1990s heist films 1990s Tamil-language films Films scored by Vidyasagar Indian adventure films Indian heist films Films directed by Selva (director) {{1990s-Tamil-film-stub