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<div>{{short description|1981 film by Padmarajan}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Kallan Pavithran<br />
|image =<br />
|director = [[P. Padmarajan]]<br />
|producer = [[M. Mani]]<br />
|writer = P. Padmarajan<br />
| based_on = ''Kallan Pavithran'' by P. Padmarajan<br />
|starring = [[Nedumudi Venu]]<br/>[[Bharath Gopi]]<br/>[[Beena Kumbalangi]]<br />
|music = [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]<br />
|cinematography = Vipin Das<br />
|editing = Madhu Kainakari<br />
|studio = Sunitha Productions<br />
|distributor = Aroma Movies<br />
|released = {{Film date|1981|6|26|df=y}}<br />
|runtime =<br />
|country = India<br />
|language = Malayalam<br />
|gross =<br />
}}<br />
'''''Kallan Pavithran''''' ({{trans|Pavithran, the thief}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[drama film]] written and directed by [[P. Padmarajan]], based on his own [[short story]] of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|title=#FilmyFriday: Kallan Pavithran: Tale of a life-changing theft, starring Nedumudi Venu - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/filmyfriday-kallan-pavithran-tale-of-a-life-changing-theft-starring-nedumudi-venu/articleshow/87037558.cms|access-date=2021-10-23|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> It stars [[Nedumudi Venu]] and [[Bharath Gopi]], along with [[Subhashini]], Beena and Devi in supporting roles. The film revolves around the lives of Pavithran, a petty thief, and Mamachan, a mill owner. Their lives turn upside down when Pavithran finds wealth from an unknown source.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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The profession Pavithran is involved in earned him the title ''Kallan'' (thief) Pavithran, the thefts he gets involved were of petty nature. It was as the result of Pavithran's effort to get rid of the title he had with his name that he visited Mamachan the mill owner. Pavithran's request for a job in the mill was turned down by Mamachan. But a theft that occurs in Mamachan's house changes the fate of Pavithran's life forever.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Pavithran<br />
* [[Bharath Gopi]] as Mamachan<br />
* [[Beena Kumbalangi (actress)|Beena Kumbalangi]] as Damayanthi<br />
* [[Subhashini]] as Bhama, Damayanthi's sister<br />
* Devi as Pavithran's first wife<br />
* [[Prem Prakash]] as Kuruppu / Taxi driver<br />
* [[Bhaskara Kurup]] as Sub-inspector<br />
* [[Adoor Bhasi]] as Merchant<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{imdb title|0248933}}<br />
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[[Category:1981 films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Padmarajan]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Padmarajan]]<br />
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