''Appooppan'' (also known as Charithram Aavarthikkunnilla before release) () is a 1976 Indian

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-language film, directed by

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, starring

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 fr ...

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, Sumithra and

Kamal Haasan Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Considered as one of the most accomplished actors of Indian Cinema, Haas ...

. The film was a remake of the

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film ''

Tata Manavadu ''Thatha-Manavadu'' () is a 1973 Indian Telugu-language film written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao in his debut. The film stars S. V. Ranga Rao and Raja Babu in the titular roles. ''Thatha-Manavadu'' featured Raja Babu, who had mostly ...

''.

Cast

as Velu Nair *

as Babu *

as Bindu * Sumithra as Radha, Amminikutty (double role) *

Sankaradi Paravoor memana Kanakku Chembakaraman Parameswaran Chandrashekara 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 70 ...

as Sankaran Menon *

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as Bharathi *

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as Sarasvathi *

K. P. Ummer Kachinamthoduka Puthiyapurayil Ummer known as K. P. Ummer (11 October 1930 - 29 October 2001) was an Indian actor from Thekkepuram quarter of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was active in the Malayalam cinema from the early sixties until the lat ...

as Gopinath *

Adoor Bhasi K. Bhaskaran Nair (1 March 1929 – 29 March 1990), professionally credited by his stage name Adoor Bhasi, was an Indian actor and film director. He was mostly cast as a sidekick to protagonists, particularly Prem Nazir. His comedic roles were w ...

as Vishwanatha Menon *

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as Money lender * Master Raghu (Karan) as young Babu *Baby Indira as young Amminikutty *Manjeri Chandran as Venu *Rajasulochana as Malini

Production

''Appooppan'' film was directed by

, produced by Murugan under the production banner "Murugan Movies". It is a remake of the 1973 Telugu film ''

''. The film was given an "U" (Unrestricted) certificate by the

Central Board of Film Certification The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory Motion picture content rating system, film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of ...

and the final length of the film was . The film ''Appooppan'' was announced as Charithram Aavarthikkunnilla and the film's posters and LP records covers also carried the same name. The title change to ''Appooppan'' happened just within 1 week before the film's theatrical release. There is a misconception that ''Appooppan'' and ''Charitram Aavarthikkunnilla'' are two different films.

Soundtrack

The film ''Appooppan'' was previously named as ''Charithram Aavarthikkunnilla'' and the LP records covers also carried the same name. The music was composed by

M. S. Baburaj Mohammad Sabir Baburaj (3 March 1929 – 7 October 1978) was an Indian music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs. Earl ...

References

External links

1970s Malayalam-language films 1970s Indian films Films directed by P. Bhaskaran {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub