Kadathu

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{{Infobox film
| name = Kadathu
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[P. G. Vishwambharan]]
| producer =
| writer = [[Kanam E. J.]] [[Priyadarshan]](dialogues)
| screenplay = [[P. G. Vishwambharan]](in credits)
| starring = [[Prem Nazir]] [[Shankar Panicker|Shankar]] [[M. G. Soman]] [[Roja Ramani]]
| music = [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]
| cinematography = C. E. Babu Chandramohan
| editing = V. P. Krishnan
| studio = Sunitha Productions
| distributor = Sunitha Productions
| released = {{Film date|1981|10|30|df=y}}
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Malayalam Language|Malayalam]]
}}

'''''Kadathu''''' is a [[Malayalam films of 1981|1981]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] film, directed by [[P. G. Vishwambharan]]. The film stars [[Prem Nazir]], [[Shankar Panicker|Shankar]], [[M. G. Soman]] and [[Roja Ramani]] in the lead roles. The film has musical score by [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1270|title=Kadathu|accessdate=2014-10-17|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?4976|title=Kadathu|accessdate=2014-10-17|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/kadathe-malayalam-movie/|title=Kadathe|accessdate=2014-10-17|publisher=spicyonion.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017180706/http://spicyonion.com/title/kadathe-malayalam-movie/|archive-date=17 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Actually, the script was penned by Priyadharshan. When the movie screened in the theaters, he noticed the credit had gone to the director himself.

==Cast==
*[[Prem Nazir]] as Gopinath
*[[Shankar Panicker|Shankar]] as Rajappan
*[[M. G. Soman]] as Ravi
*[[Roja Ramani]] as Maalu
*[[Sumalatha]] as Thulasi
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Meesha Vasu Pilla
*[[Adoor Bhasi]] as School Head Master
*[[Alummoodan]] as School Peon Kittu Pilla
*Baby Ponnambili
*[[T. G. Ravi]] as Kaala Dhamu
* Chembarathi Shobana
* [[K. P. A. C. Azeez]] Police Officer
* [[Bheeman Raghu]]
* [[Nellikode Bhaskaran]]
* [[Poojappura Ravi]]
* Aryad Gopalakrishnan
* [[Shubha (actress)|Shubha]] as Sarala
* [[Adoor Bhavani]]
* Beena Kumbalangi

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] and the lyrics were written by [[Bichu Thirumala]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Manjanaathi Kunnummel" || [[S. Janaki]] || [[Bichu Thirumala]] ||
|-
| 2 || "Olangal Thaalam Thallumpol" || [[Unni Menon]] || Bichu Thirumala ||
|-
| 3 || "Premaragam Padivannoru" || S. Janaki || Bichu Thirumala ||
|-
| 4 || "Punnare Poonthinkale" || Unni Menon || Bichu Thirumala ||
|-
| 5 || "Vennilaacholayil" || S. Janaki, Unni Menon || Bichu Thirumala ||
|}

==Trivia==
* [[Priyadarshan]] approached producer [[Aroma]] [[M Mani]] with the first ever script he penned which was to be filmed by [[PG Vishwambharan]] but it was decided that a newcomer as a script writer would not fare well in the market so screenplay was credited to the director.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0317791|Kadathe}}

[[Category:1981 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by P. G. Viswambharan]]

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