''Ezhuthapurangal'' is a 1987 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language film directed by

Sibi Malayil Sibi (; ;) is a city situated in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The city serves as the administrative headquarters of the district and tehsil of the same name. Etymology The origin of the town's name is attributed to Rani Sewi, a Hin ...

and produced by Mathew George. The film stars

Suhasini Maniratnam Suhasini Maniratnam (; born 15 August 1961) is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films. Early life Suhasini's paternal cousins Anu Hasan, Shruti Haasan and Akshara Haasan have also since become acto ...

, Ambika,

Parvathy Jayaram Ashwathy Kurup (born 7 April 1970), better known by her stage name Parvathy, is an Indian former actress, costume designer and Indian classical dance, classical dancer, who appeared in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. Parvathy was a popular a ...

and

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in the lead roles. The film has musical score by

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and Vidyadharan. Suhasini Mani Ratnam won the

Kerala State Film Award For Best Actress The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969 to an actress for the best performance within the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. Until 1997, the awards w ...

for this film.

Plot

The story deals with three socially forward women, their friendship and the troubles they face in a male-dominated society. Rajalakshmi is a college lecturer and writer whose fiancée is not able to accept her ideals. Vimala is a divorced advocate bringing up a child on her own. Seetha is a college teacher, who is leading an unhappy married life with her husband.

Cast

* Suhasini as Rajalakshmi (voice by aanadavally) * Ambika as Vimala Jacob (voice by bhagyalekshmi) *

as Seetha (voice by sreeja) *

as Raveendranath *

Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in M ...

as Balakrishna Menon *

Babu Namboothiri Babu Namboothiri (born 12 August 1947) is a retired Chemistry Professor and Head Of Department of Deva Mata College Kuravilangad and an Indian film and TV actor who has starred in more than 100 Malayalam films and various serials. He is famou ...

as Binoy Chandy *

Sreenath Sreenath Thoppil Inchora (26 August 1956 – 23 April 2010) was an Indian film and television actor. He has acted in many Malayalam films, including '' Shalini Ente Koottukari'', '' Ithu Njangalude Katha'', '' Sarvakalashala'', '' Oru CBI Diar ...

as Sreenivasan * Balachandran Chullikad as Balan * K. P. A. C. Sunny as Advocate *

Kollam Thulasi Kollam Kanjaveli Kuttilazhikathu Thulasidharan Nair is an actor in Malayalam cinema, who is better known as Kollam Thulasi relating to the name of his birthplace Kollam to his first name as customary in some parts of Kerala Kerala ( , ...

as Judge *

Kothuku Nanappan Kothuku Nanappan (12 March 1935 – 26 December 1994) was an Indian theater actor, mimicry artist and film actor in Malayalam movies during the 1980s and 1990s. His popular movies are ''Nadodikattu, Naadodikkaattu'' (1987), ''Aanaval Mothiram'' ...

as Gopalan Nair *

Ranjith Ranjit or Renjith may refer to: Religion * Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam (born 1966), Sri Lankan Tamil Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo * Malcolm Ranjith (born 1947), Sri Lankan Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Archbi ...

as Ramanandan

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, Vidyadharan and

Balachandran Chullikkad Balachandran Chullikkad (born 30 July 1957) is an Indian poet, orator, lyricist and actor in Malayalam-language media. Early life Balachandran was born in Paravur, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. He completed his graduation in English literature fr ...

and the lyrics were written by

O. N. V. Kurup Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (known as O. N. V. Kurup; 27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016) was a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He received ...

and

References

External links

* * 1987 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films shot in Palakkad Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram Films with screenplays by A. K. Lohithadas Films directed by Sibi Malayil {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub