''Vasanthamalika'' is a 2003 Indian

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-language

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film directed by

Suresh Krishnan Suresh Krishnan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Bollywood and Malayalam films. Suresh made his directorial debut with the Malayalam film '' Bharatheeyam'' (1997). He mostly works as an associate director in Bollywood f ...

and written by Mahesh Mithra. It stars

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Jagadish P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Born On (12 June 1955) mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and television presenter. He has starred in over 400 Malayalam films and two Hindi films. He is best known for his comic and character rol ...

, and

Uma Shankari Uma Shankari is an Indian actress who appeared in regional Indian language films. Career In 2006, she appeared in Sakthi Chidambaram's '' Kovai Brothers'' opposite Sibiraj, featuring as Sathyaraj's niece and also featured in ''Thodamaley'' a ...

. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''

Budget Padmanabhan ''Budget Padmanabhan'' is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by T. P. Gajendran. The film stars Prabhu and Ramya Krishnan. It won first place in the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Family Film. Plot When he was a young boy ...

''. This was

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's first film as an editor.

Cast

as Balakrishnan a.k.a. Balu, a garment worker *

as Nandini, the managing director's daughter *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar Achary (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 deca ...

as Bodheswaran * Kavilraj as College student *

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as Varadharaja settu *

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as Anandavalli *

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 Balakrishnan father * Kalarenjini as Lekshmiamma mother of Balakrishnan *

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as Abhilash * Master Arun as a Child of Kulappura veedu *

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as Komalan *

Jagadeesh P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Born On (12 June 1955) mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and television presenter. He has starred in over 400 Malayalam films and two Hindi films. He is best known for his comic and character rol ...

as Mumbai Madhavan

Production

Biju Menon was initially supposed to play one of the lead roles. Uma Shankari, who made her Malayalam debut in '' Kuberan'', was cast as the heroine.

Soundtrack

* Ennum Palavidha M.G.Sreekumar * Koomanum Kurumanum M.G. Sreekumar * Manassinullil Mayangi M.G. Sreekumar * Poomukhathoro M.G. Sreekumar * Sightadikkana K.S. Chitra

References

External links

* 2002 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Malayalam remakes of Tamil films {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub