''Ashadeepam'' is a 1953 Indian

Malayalam 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 wa ...

-language film, directed by G. R. Rao and produced by T. E. Vasudevan. The film stars

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B. S. Saroja B. S. Saroja (born 18 November 1929) is an Indian actress in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is the daughter of Johnson, who acted in the first Malayalam film, Vigathakumaran. She acted with M. G. Ramachandran, MGR and Sivaji Ganesan, Sivaji in ...

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and Padmini. The film had a 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 also simultaneously produced in Tamil under the title ''Aasai Magan''.

Malayalam Cast

;Male cast *

as Sekhar *

T. S. Balaiah Thirunelveli Subramaniyan Balaiah (23 August 1914 – 22 July 1972) was an Indian actor. He is best known for playing supporting roles in Tamil films. Born in Sundankottai, near Udankudi in Thoothukudi, Balaiah was introduced to the cine fi ...

as Vikraman *

as Chandran *

as School Teacher * T. N. Gopinathan Nair as Panicker *

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* Nanukkuttan ;Female cast * Padmini as Jayanthi *

as Shantha *

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as Bhanu Amma * Girija as Sarala *

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as Lakshmi Amma

Tamil Cast

Cast adapted from the song book ;Male cast * R. Ganesh as Sekhar *

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as Sadhasiva Mudaliar *

as Vikraman *

as Chandran * T. P. Ponnusami Pillai as Post Master * Friend Ramasami as Kanaka Pillai * Master Sethu as Sekhar (Jr) * Master Sheriff as Chandran (Jr) ;Female cast * Padmini as Jayanthi *

as Shantha *

as Mangalam * Girija as Sarala * T. N. Meenakshi as Lakshmi * Baby Vasanthi as Shantha (Jr) ;Support Cast * S. S. Sivasooriyan, T. V. Sethuraman, V. P. S. Mani, V. T. Kalyanam, Pottai Krishnamoorthi, and Angamuthu.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Malayalam

Tamil

Lyrics were penned by Kuyilan. One song from

Tyagaraja Thyagaraja (Telugu: త్యాగరాజ) (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Thyāgayya and in full as Kakarla Thyagabrahmam, was a composer and vocalist of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. Tyagaraja and his ...

's composition.

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s are:

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, M. L. Vasanthakumari,

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, V. J. Varma and

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