''Sadanandante Samayam'' is a 2003

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directed by

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-Jose and starring

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, in ...

and

Kavya Madhavan Kavya Madhavan (born 19 September 1984) is a former Indian actress, who appeared predominantly in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 1991 as a child artist in ''Pookkalam Varavayi''. Her debut role as a lead actress was in Lal Jose's '' C ...

Synopsis

The movie is about Sadanandan who is an Ordinary school teacher and people says a good teacher. But some problem are always rotating around him in relation with his life style. He is a strong believer of astronomy if he does anything, it is according to the law of astronomy. So he could not take a strong decision of his own. He mistrust everything. His life takes a turn when an astrologer informs him that he will soon die. He panics and tries to do everything required for his wife and daughter before he dies.

Cast

as Manackkapalli Sadanandan *

as Sumangala / Suma (voice by Praveena) * Siddique as Sudhakaran Sadanadan's eldest brother *

Cochin Haneefa Muhammed Haneefa (22 April 1951 – 2 February 2010), better known by his stage name Cochin Haneefa, was an Indian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on t ...

as Headmaster Chacko * Janardhanan as Shankaran *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

as Krishnanunni * Sukumari as Kalyani *

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as Divakaran Sadanandan's brother *

Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian actor, comedian, director and writer in Malayalam cinema. Mostly known for his comic and comedy roles, Salim Kumar is considered one of the best and most prominent comedians in the history of Mala ...

as Gopalan *

Bindu Panicker Bindu Panicker is an Indian actress who has more than 200 films to her credit. She has played both comedy and character roles in Malayalam cinema. She won the Kerala State Film Award for the best supporting actress in 2001 for Soothradharan. Sh ...

as Devootty *

Unnikrishnan Namboothiri Korom Pulleri Vadhayarillathu Unnikrishnan Namboothiri (19 October 1923 20 January 2021) was an Indian actor in Malayalam movies. He mainly handled comedy roles and grandfather roles. His role as Dileep's grand father in the Malayalam movie ...

as Menon *

T. P. Madhavan T. P. Madhavan (born 7 November 1935) is an Indian actor who appeared in Malayalam films. He started acting at the age of 40. He has acted in more than 600 films. He came into the film industry playing villain roles; later he started doing com ...

as Abdullah Master *

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as Gopinathan *

Narayanankutty Narayanan Kutty or Kalabhavan Narayanankutty is a Malayalam film actor. He has acted in more than 300 films. He handles mainly comedy roles. Background Narayanan Kutty was born Ernakulam. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, ...

as Bhaskaran *

Machan Varghese M. L. Varghese (1960 – 3 February 2011), popularly known by stage name Machan Varghese, was a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan (house of arts) and debuted as an actor through '' ...

as Varghese *

Jose Pellissery Jose Pellissery (1950 – 5 December 2004) was an Indian film and theatre actor. Biography As an actor in Malayalam cinema, he played supporting roles in about 100 films. His 15-year film career included roles in such movies as '' Aadhaaram'' ...

as Vaidyar *

Geetha Salam Abdul Salam (9 October 1946 – 19 December 2018) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema known by his stage name Geetha Salam, known for ''Malabar Wedding'', ''Jalolsavam'' (2004) and ''Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu'' (2014). He lived in Krishnapu ...

as Tea-shop owner Saithali * Reena as Sumangala's mother *

Ambika Mohan Ambika Mohan is an Indian actress known for her work in Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema ...

as Nabeeesu * Maya Vishwanath as Ramani * Jija Surendran as Teacher * Gayathri Varsha as Gopinathan's wife * Beena Sabu as Vishukani Janu * Kalabhavan Shajon as Beerankutty * Nivia Rebin as Muslim bride * Nivedita as Kochammini * Dimple Rose as Young Devootty * Meena Ganesh as Vayattatti * Keerthana Anil as Soumya Mol (voice by Sruthi)

Soundtrack

The film had musical score composed by

Mohan Sithara Mohan Sithara is an Indian music composer. He received the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Music Director (2009) for the songs in Priyanandan's ''Soofi Paranja Kadha''. Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Malayalam film indust ...

# Neeyarinjo : K J Yesudas, Sujatha #Janmanakshathrame : K J Yesudas #Omalale Ente Manassin : K J Yesudas, Sujatha # Karivala kayyalenne :

Vidhu Prathap Vidhu Prathap (born 1 September 1980) is an Indian playback singer. He has sung many songs in over 600 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages. Career Early life Vidhu Prathap was born in 1980 in Kaithamukku in Trivandrum, K ...

, Mahadevan

References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films 2003 films Films scored by Mohan Sithara {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub