''Jagadguru Aadisankaran'' is a 1977

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film, directed and produced by P. Bhaskaran. The film stars

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, O. Ramdas and Sankaradi in the lead roles. The story revolves around the life, philosophies and miracles of 8th century saint

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Cast

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as Kaippilly Aryadevi Antarjanam, Mother of Sankaracharyar *Manjeri Chandran as Lord

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* Sankaradi as Moorkkathu Namboothiri *

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as Vishnusharma/Sanandan/Padmapada *C. R. Lakshmi as Omana/Moorkhan's wife * Mallika Sukumaran as Goddess

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as Young Adi Shankara * N. Govindankutty as Pathala Bhairavan *

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as the poor Lady who donates Amla ( Gooseberry) *Panjabi as Vengu *

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as Kaipilly Shivaguru Nambudiri, Father of Sankaracharyar *

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as Maharani * T. P. Madhavan as Govinda Guru *Thodupuzha Radhakrishnan as Ugrabhairava *Sreemoolanagaram Vijayan as Amaravi Raja * Vallathol Unnikrishnan as Mandalakesha/Sureshwara *Dashaavathaaram Ravikumar as Kumaralbhaktha *P. R. Menon as

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* J. A. R. Anand as Velu

Soundtrack

The film has musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy. K. J. Yesudas won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for the song "Sankara Digvijayam".

References

External links

* 1977 films 1970s Malayalam-language films Adi Shankara Films directed by P. Bhaskaran {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub