''Brahmachari'' is a 1972

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film, directed by

J. Sasikumar Nambiathusseril Varkey John (14 October 1927 – 17 July 2014), better known by his screen name Sasikumar, was an Indian film director who worked in Malayalam cinema. He has directed more than 141 films in his career which began in the mid-19 ...

and produced by S. S. T. Lakshmanan, S. S. T. Subramaniyam and Thiruppathi Chettiyar. The film stars

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, Sharada,

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and

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in the lead roles. The film had musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy. The film was a remake of the 1967 Tamil film ''

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'' which was also remade in Telugu as '' Brahmachari'' (1968) and in Hindi as ''

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''(1971).

Cast

as Jayachandran * Sharada as Sreedevi/Vasanthy *

as Veeramarthandan Pilla *

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as Soman *

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as Bhargavi Pilla *

as Venugopal *

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as Vimala * Sujatha as Suvarna * Kunchan as Kuttappan *

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 Unnithan *

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as Sreedevi's father * V. D. Rajappan as the Appunni *Yamuna *Ambili *Girija *John Varghese *Justin *Oolan Ramu *Treesa

Soundtrack

The music was composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy and the lyrics were written by

Vayalar Ramavarma Vayalar Ramavarma (25 March 1928 – 27 October 1975), also known as Rama Varma Vayalar and simply Vayalar, and was an Indian poet and lyricist of Malayalam literature, Malayalam language. He was known for his poems, including ''Sargasangeetham ...

References

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* 1972 films 1970s Malayalam-language films 1970s Indian films Films directed by J. Sasikumar Malayalam remakes of Tamil films {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub