''Vardhakya Puranam'' () is a 1994 Indian

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-language film directed by

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and written by

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. The film stars

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Narendra Prasad Raghava Kurup Narendra Prasad (26 December 1946 3 November 2003) was an Indian actor, playwright, director, teacher and literary critic. He was born at Mavelikkara in the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore. Appreciated for his body language a ...

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, Janardhanan and Kanaka. The film featured songs composed by

Kannur Rajan Kannur Rajan (24 June 1940 – 7 April 1995) was a music composer from Kerala, India. Though his songs are less in numbers, they are noted as emotional and nostalgic in the Malayalam film songs. He was the father-in-law of celebrated music d ...

and

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by S. P. Venkatesh.

Plot

The film follows the adventures of three retirees. Mahendran Thambi, Ommanakuttan Pillai, and Cherian Thomas. Thambi comes up with the plan of starting a theatre troupe.

Cast

as Jayamohan Thampi *

as Mahendran Thampi *

as Omanakuttan Pillai * Janardhanan as Cherian Thomas * Kanaka as Rajani *

Kanakalatha Kanakalatha (24 August 1960 – 6 May 2024) was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in the Malayalam cinema. Personal life and death Kanakalatha was born to parents Parameshwaran Pillai and Chinnamma at Kollam, Kerala. She attended the ...

as Sumithra Omanakuttan *

Meena Meena () is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community. It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a Spurious languages, spurious language. Its name is also transliterated as ' ...

as Susanna Cherian * Usha as Mollykutty *

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as Sathi *

Prem Kumar Prem Kumar is an Indian name and ma refer to: * Prem Kumar (Kannada actor) or Prem, Indian actor in Kannada films * Prem Kumar (Malayalam actor), Indian actor in Malayalam films * Prem Kumar (Tamil actor), Indian actor in Tamil films * Prem Kumar ...

as Parimalan - Jayan's Friend *

Philomina Philomina (1926 – 2 January 2006) was an Indian actress, who worked in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. She acted in more than 750 films in her career. She played mostly character and comedy roles, besides that of mother and gra ...

as Odanavattom Omana *

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as Satheesh * Abi as Santhosh *Aneesha as Thara *

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as Mahendran Thampi's Mother *

Adoor Bhavani Adoor Bhavani (1927 – 25 October 2009) was an Indian actress in Malayalam cinema, best known for her appearance in the National Award-winning film '' Chemmeen'' (1965), directed by Ramu Kariat. She had acted in about 450 films, including ''M ...

as Thara's Grandmother *

Bharath Gopi Gopynathan Velayudhan Nair (2 November 1937 – 29 January 2008), popularly known by the stage name Bharat Gopy, was an Indian actor, producer, and director. Considered one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian cinema, Gopy was one of ...

as Rajani's Father *

Madhupal Madhupal Kannambathu is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. Madhupal made his acting debut with '' Kashmeeram'' in 1994 and his directorial debut with '' Thalappavu'' (2008), which was about Arikkad Varghe ...

as Vysakhan *

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as Attakulangara Ambujakshan *

Indrans K. Surendran (born 16 March 1956), better known by his stage name Indrans, is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough ...

as Kattanam Kuttikrishnan *Sonia Baiju as Malini Thankachi *

Kozhikode Narayanan Nair Kozhikode Narayanan Nair is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. He has acted in more than 300 films. He was a stage actor before entering Malayalam film industry. His first film was '' Aabhijathyam'' (1970), and he is also remembered ...

as Rajashekharan Thampi (Malini's Father) *Gayathri as Jayanthi (Substitute of Thara) *Appa Haja as Alexander

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Kannur Rajan.

References

External links

* * 1994 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Rajasenan Films scored by Kannur Rajan Films shot in Ottapalam {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub