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

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-language film, directed by A. B. Raj and produced by T. E. Vasudevan. The film stars Prem Nazir,

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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

* Prem Nazir as Prathapachandran *

as Kayamkulam Kamalamma *

as Bhaskaran Pillai *

as Raghavan Pillai * Sankaradi as Tabalist Shanku Asan * T. R. Omana as Eashwariyamma, Prathapachandran's Mother *

Chandrakala Chandrakala was an Indian actress who appeared in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. Film career She debuted in Kannada films in 1963 and went on to pair with Dr. Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Uday Kumar and Rajesh. In 1971, she ...

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 Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the st ...

as Mrs. Nair *

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as Drama-troupe Manager *

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as Padmanabhan *

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as Parameswaran/Kattazham Karthavu * T. K. Balachandran as Blind Singer, drama artist *

Paul Vengola Paul Vengola was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He mainly acted in comedy roles and supporting roles. He was an active comedian during the 1970s and 1980s in Malayalam film. Career He was a drama artist before coming into film industry and ...

as Advocate's clerk *

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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 Sreekumaran Thampi (born 16 March 1940) is an Indian lyricist, music director, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He also writes poetry and is a recipient of the Vallathol Award. In 2017, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel ...

References

External links

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