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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kadathanadan Ambadi<br />
| image = Kadathanadan Ambadi.jpg<br />
| director = [[Priyadarshan]]<br />
| producer = Sajan Vargeese<br />
| screenplay = [[Cochin Haneefa]]<br />[[P. K. Sarangapani]] (Dialogues)<br />
| starring = [[Mohanlal]]<br />[[Prem Nazir]]<br />[[Cochin Haneefa]]<br />
| music = '''Songs'''<br>[[K. Raghavan]]<br> '''Score'''<br>[[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]<br />
| cinematography = [[S. Kumar (cinematographer)|S. Kumar]]<br />
| editing = N. Gopalakrishnan<br />
| studio = Saj Vision<br />
| distributor = Saj Productions<br />
| released = {{Film date|1990|04|14|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 149 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Kadathanadan Ambadi''''' is a 1990 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[sword and sorcery film]] directed by [[Priyadarshan]] and written by [[Cochin Haneefa]]. It is a sequel to the 1964 film ''[[Thacholi Othenan (film)|Thacholi Othenan]]'' and the 1970 film ''[[Othenente Makan]]''. The film stars [[Mohanlal]] in the title role, along with [[Prem Nazir]], [[Swapna (actress)|Swapna]], and [[Raadhu (actress)|Raadhu]]. A few shots from ''Thacholi Othenan'' were shown in this film. ''Kadathanadan Ambadi'' was released after the death of Prem Nazir.<ref name="eastcoastdaily">{{cite news|title=Kadathanadan Ambadi|url=http://www.eastcoastdaily.com/movie/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D-%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2/|newspaper=East Coast Daily}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=2377|title=Kadathanadan Ambadi Film Details|publisher=malayalachalachithram|access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The movie is based on Kerala's traditional Vadakkanpattu (The Northern Ballad Folklore). The fictional story is about Kadathanadan Ambadi who wants to avenge his father - [[Thacholi Othenan|Thacholi Manikoth Othenan Kuruppu]]'s death and retrieve the sacred sword Bhadravaal and Sacred Thread, which were missing since the death of Thacholi Othenan.<br />
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Kadathanadan Ambadi, along with his Mentor-Martial arts Guru sets out investigating the mysterious disappearance of the sword. They suspect a Muslim Manager of their household who went missing since that day. While searching, they reached a kingdom, whose ruler was a mysterious Black Magician called Kowliya. The Magician Ruler Kowliya used to send his eagle to search for each's day beautiful lady, to be sacrificed each day for strengthening the King. In that process, the eagle settled on a house whose lady's marriage was fixed on that day. The soldiers dragged the girl and brought her to the sacrifice pit, only to be saved by Ambadi, who killed the King.<br />
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It was later found that, the girl and her brother were sons of .{{clarify|date=April 2016}} Moyideen narrates the story, who within the Thacholi family plotted to stage a coup and get hold of the sword, making the thief later sold as a slave to Tulunad's King. The King also holds the key to a secret magical cave where the sword is kept. Ambadi sets out to Tulunadu, where he lures the princess and gets to know the whereabouts of the key. Ambadi fights against the King and his soldiers and grabs the key from his necklace and proceeds to the Magical Cave with his Guru, Payyappilly Chanthu. He had to fight against the Demoness who guards the sword as well as a Water Demoness.<br />
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After getting back the Sacred Sword - "Bhadravaal", he returns to Kadathanadu with his Guru, Payyappilly Chanthu. But they were not aware of the fact that his father's sister - Unichala, her two children and Moosakkuutti were captured by Kathiroor Chandrappan. Payyappilly Chanthu's daughter Kunjilakshmi feels betrayed as she knew that Ambadi was not alone, but with a Princess.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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*[[Mohanlal]] as Kadathanadan Ambadi<br />
*[[Prem Nazir]] as Payyampally Chanthu Gurukkal<br />
*[[Sathyan (Malayalam actor)|Sathyan]] as Thacholi Othenan (Ambadi's father) (Thacholi Othenan film scenes shows at the flashback story)<br />
*[[Swapna (actress)|Swapna]] as Sreedevi Thamburatti<br />
*[[Raadhu (actress)|Raadhu]] as Kunjulakshmi, Chanthu Gurukkal's daughter<br />
*[[Sreenivasan]] as Moosakkutty<br />
*[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] as Unnichala's Son<br />
*[[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as Kandasseri<br />
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Karkodakan<br />
*[[Jagadish]] as Brahmin<br />
*[[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Kunki, Ambadi's mother<br />
*[[Sukumari]] as Unnichala<br />
*[[Captain Raju]] as Kowliya Maharajah<br />
*[[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]] as Koma Kurup<br />
*[[Cochin Haneefa]] as Kathiroor Chandrappan<br />
*[[Santhosh (actor)|Santhosh]] as Thambikkutti, Chanthu Gurukkal's Son<br />
*[[Kunjandi]] as Kandacheri Chappan<br />
*Jayashankar as Thulanadan Kelu<br />
*[[Priya (actress)|Priya]] as Unnichala's daughter<br />
*[[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Chanthu Gurukkal's sidekick<br />
*[[Paravoor Bharathan]] as Unni Kurup<br />
*[[Jose Prakash]] as Chandrappan's Uncle<br />
*[[K. P. A. C. Sunny]] as Chandrappan's Brother<br />
* [[C. I. Paul]] as Chandrappan's Brother<br />
*[[Poojappura Ravi]] as Naduvazhi<br />
*[[Sulakshana (actress)|Sulakshana]] as Ayisha, Moosakkutty's sister<br />
*[[Disco Shanthi]] as Nagayakshi, the demoness who fights with Ambadi in the cave<br />
*[[Kothuku Nanappan]] as Beeran, Moosakkutty's father<br />
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Malayalam actor [[Shammi Thilakan]] dubbed for 20 characters, including the late Prem Nazir.<br />
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==High Court order==<br />
Negative rights were controlled by the [[Kerala High Court]], [[Navodaya Studio|Navodaya]] release, completed and released through Navodaya by the Kerala High Court order CRL.M.C.49 & 63 April 5/88 by the Honourable Mr. Justice Chettur Sankaran Nair and the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] judgement of 15, February 1989, SLP (CRL) 1127-28/88 & 1148-49/88 in the division bench of Honourable chief justice R. S. Pathak and Honourable S. Natarajan supervised by the Honourable court's commissioners Adv. Siby Mathew & Adv. Koshy George.<ref name="eastcoastdaily"/><ref>{{cite journal|title=News - Kadathanadan Ambadi to release|journal=[[Mathrubhumi]]|date=1 April 1990}}</ref><br />
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==Snippets==<br />
The film was originally produced by Sajan Varghese for Saj Productions.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nanaji|title=ചിത്രലോകം - ഗവണ്മെന്റിന്റെ അടിയന്തിര ശ്രദ്ധയ്ക്ക്|url=http://oi53.tinypic.com/1z1tg0x.jpg|access-date=25 November 2017|publisher=Nana Film Weekly (pages)|date=August 1986|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030630/http://oi53.tinypic.com/1z1tg0x.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=നാനാജി|title=ചിത്രലോകം - ഗവണ്മെന്റിന്റെ അടിയന്തിര ശ്രദ്ധയ്ക്ക്|url=http://oi52.tinypic.com/348plwj.jpg|access-date=25 November 2017|publisher=Nana Film Weekly|date=August 1986|archive-date=31 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031091220/http://oi52.tinypic.com/348plwj.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the head of Oriental Finance and Exchange Company<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pillai|first1=Sreedhar|title=Oriental Finance: Smooth scam|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/19870531-closure-of-oriental-finance-and-exchange-company-shocks-keralas-depositors-798918-1987-05-30|access-date=25 November 2017|publisher=[[India Today]]|date=31 May 1987}}</ref> and when the company faced loss, the respected Kerala High Court ordered to release the film and pay back the amount to depositors from the film's collections. The Court ordered [[Navodaya Studio|Navodaya productions]] to take care of the release and give report to the Court. Kunjandi reprices his role Kandacheri Chappan from the 1964 movie Thacholi Othenan. Malayalam actor Shammi Thilakan dubbed for 20 characters, including the late Prem Nazir.<ref name="eastcoastdaily"/><br />
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==Reception==<br />
The film collected a, then record of Rs.35 lakhs gross in the first week itself. In 1990, Director Priyadarshan canned a fight scene between Mohanlal and [[Disco Shanti]] in a cave, was much appreciated for its technical brilliance.<ref name="m3db">{{cite news|title=കടത്തനാടൻ അമ്പാടി|url=https://www.m3db.com/film/348 |newspaper=m3db}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0278525}}<br />
* [https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?5021 Malayalasangeetham]<br />
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