''Ezhamkadalinakkare'' is a 1979

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film, directed by

I. V. Sasi Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran (28 March 1947 – 24 October 2017), better known as I. V. Sasi, was an Indian film director who made over 110 films predominantly in Malayalam, in addition to Tamil and Hindi languages. In 2015, he was awarded the J. C. ...

and produced by N. G. John. The film stars

K. R. Vijaya Deivanayaki better known by her stage name K. R. Vijaya is an Indian actress who has featured in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She started her career in 1963 and has been acting for more than five decades in South Indian cine ...

in the lead role, whereas supporting roles were played by Soman, Seema, Ravikumar, Vidhubala, P. Bhaskaran, Henry Marsal, Janardanan and Jo Washington. The film has musical score by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

. It is the first Malayalam film to be shot in North America, with

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being one of its locations. The song "Suralokajaladhaara" was filmed near in

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, Canada. This film was a remake of the Tamil film ''

Ore Vaanam Ore Bhoomi ''Ore Vaanam Ore Bhoomi'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film starring Jaishankar, K. R. Vijaya and Seema. The film was directed by I. V. Sasi and music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was huge blockbuster and its songs were muc ...

'' directed by I. V. Sasi.

Cast

M. G. Soman M. G. Soman (28 September 1941 – 12 December 1997) was an Indian actor and former Indian Air Force officer who appeared in Malayalam films. He was one among the leading star actors doing hero roles in Malayalam Cinema during the late 1970s an ...

as Soman *

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* Ravikumar *

Janardanan Janardhanan Nair (born 5 May 1946) is an Indian actor, producer and a former Indian Airforce personnel who predominantly acts in Malayalam films. He acted in his first feature film ''Adyathe Kadha'', directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan in 1971, he ...

* Reena * Padmini *

P. Bhaskaran Pulloottupadathu Bhaskaran alias as P. Bhaskaran (21 April 1924 – 25 February 2007), was a Malayalam poet, lyricist of Malayalam film songs, and filmmaker. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed 44 Malayalam fea ...

*Henry Marsal *Jo Washington

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by

References

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* 1979 films 1970s Malayalam-language films Films directed by I. V. Sasi Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films set in Ontario Films set in Manhattan Films shot in Ontario Films shot in New York City Films set in hospitals Malayalam remakes of Tamil films Indian films set in New York City {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub