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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kaaliya Mardhanam<br />
| image = Kaaliya Mardhanam.jpg<br />
| caption = Promotional poster designed by R. K.<br />
| director = [[J. Williams (cinematographer)|J. Williams]]<br />
| producer = Thiruppathi Chettiyar<br />
| writer = [[Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan]]<br />
| starring = [[Shankar Panicker|Shankar]]<br />[[Nedumudi Venu]]<br />[[Mohanlal]]<br />[[Sathyakala]]<br />[[Jose Prakash]]<br />[[Sankaradi]]<br />[[Lalu Alex]]<br />
| music = [[K. J. Joy]]<br />
| cinematography = J. Williams<br />
| editing = [[K. Sankunni]]<br />
| studio = Evershine Productions<br />
| distributor = Evershine Release<br />
| released = {{Film date|1982|08|06|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Kaaliya Mardhanam''''' ({{Translation|Thrashing [[Kaliya]]}}) is a 1982 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[Crime film|crime]] [[thriller film]] directed and filmed by [[J. Williams (cinematographer)|J. Williams]], written by [[Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan]] and produced by Thiruppathi Chettiyar. Starring [[Shankar Panicker|Shankar]], [[Nedumudi Venu]], [[Mohanlal]], [[Sathyakala]], [[Jose Prakash]], [[Sankaradi]] and [[Lalu Alex]]. The film features music composed by [[K. J. Joy]]. The film was a huge success at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1317|title=Kaaliyamarddanam|accessdate=16 October 2014|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1193|title=Kaaliyamarddanam|accessdate=16 October 2014|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/kaliya-mardanam-malayalam-movie/|title=Kaliya Mardanam|accessdate=16 October 2014|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Ramu, who is a taxi driver by profession loves his cousin Geetha. But Geetha is in love with Sreeni, who is the son of DSP Menon, who is her college mate. Johnny, Rahim, Swami and Kannan are spoilt brats of wealthy parents who are Geetha's and Sreeni's college mates.<br />
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Geetha's mother fixes her marriage with Ramu, which disturbs both Geetha and Sreeni. The mischievous gang offers help to the lovers to get them married with an ulterior motive. Believing the words of the pranksters, the lovers reach them and Geetha gets severely raped by the pranksters and dies.<br />
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The gang succeeds in accusing Ramu for the murder and gives evidence against him, which results in conviction with life imprisonment to Ramu. Ramu jumps from the prison to take revenge against the real culprits and one by one gets killed. DSP Menon suspects Ramu as the killer.<br />
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Three people are killed and Ramu at last reaches to the 4th one, Johnny, who is the son of a judge, but fails to kill him. Johnny follows Ramu and reaches a haunted place. On information, Menon arrives there and finds Johnny killed. But Menon is surprised to see the real killer of Johnny and the others was Sreeni , which leads to the stunning end of the film.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Shankar Panicker|Shankar]] as Ramu<br />
*[[Nedumudi Venu]] as Sreeni<br />
*[[Mohanlal]] as Johnny<br />
*[[Jose Prakash]] as DSP Menon<br />
*[[Lalu Alex]] as Rahim<br />
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Swami<br />
*[[Sathyakala]] as Geetha<br />
*[[Shivaji]] as Venus Raju, a photographer<br />
*[[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]]<br />
*[[Anuradha (actress)|Anuradha]] as Dancer<br />
*[[Anil Thomas]] as Kattupothu Chandhapan<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[K. J. Joy]] and the lyrics were written by [[Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan]] and [[Poovachal Khader]].<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Madam Kollum" || [[Vani Jairam]] || [[Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Njanoru Thapaswini" || Chorus, [[S. P. Sailaja]] || Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Premavathi Nin Vazhiyil" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || [[Poovachal Khader]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Pushyaraagatheril" || [[P. Susheela]] || Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan ||<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0292041|Kaliya Mardanam}}<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBGrY0g3Ncc Watch on YouTube]<br />
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[[Category:1982 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
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