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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kalithozhan<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]]<br />
| based_on = ''[[Illarikam]]'' (Telugu)(1959) by [[T. Prakash Rao]]<br />
| producer = A. V. Subbarao<br />
| writer = [[Sadasivabrahmam]]<br>P. Karamchandran (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| starring = [[Prem Nazir]]<br>[[Sheela]]<br>[[Sukumari]]<br>[[Adoor Bhasi]]<br />
| music = [[G. Devarajan]]<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = [[Prasad Art Pictures]]<br />
| distributor = [[Prasad Art Pictures]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|1966|02|11|df=y}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Kalithozhan''''' ( Friend) is a 1966 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Malayalam]] film, directed by [[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]] and produced by A. V. Subbarao and L.V Prasad. The film stars [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sheela]], [[Sukumari]] and [[Adoor Bhasi]] in the lead roles. The film had musical score by [[G. Devarajan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=177|title=Kalithozhan|accessdate=2014-10-11|publisher=malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1134|title=Kalithozhan|accessdate=2014-10-11|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/kalithozhan-malayalam-movie/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016024454/http://spicyonion.com/title/kalithozhan-malayalam-movie/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 October 2014|title=Kalithozhan|accessdate=2014-10-11|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref> The film was a remake of the Telugu film ''[[Illarikam]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/starring-a-nageswara-rao-jamuna-girja-hemalatha-relangi-gummadi-ramana-reddy-csr-allu-ramalingaiah-r-nageswara-rao/article7685387.ece|title = Blast from the past: Illarikam (1959)|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 24 September 2015|last1 = Narasimham|first1 = M. l.}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
*[[Prem Nazir]] as Venu<br />
*[[Sheela]] as Radha<br />
*[[Sukumari]] as Mridula<br />
*[[Adoor Bhasi]] as Unnithan<br />
*[[T. S. Muthaiah]] as Sankara Pilla<br />
*[[Bahadoor]] as Shivan<br />
*[[G. K. Pillai (actor)|G. K. Pillai]] as Raghavan Karthavu<br />
*[[Philomina]] as Ponnamma<br />
*Premalatha as Ammayi<br />
*[[Kottayam Shantha]] as Kalyaniyamma<br />
*Sumathi as Seetha <br />
*[[T. K. Balachandran]] as Raghu<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[G. Devarajan]] and the lyrics were written by [[P. Bhaskaran]].<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Ammaayi Appanu" || A. L. Raghavan || [[P. Bhaskaran]] || <br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Maalika Meloru Mannaathikkili" || [[S. Janaki]], [[A. M. Rajah]], Chorus || [[P. Bhaskaran]] || <br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Manjalayil Mungithorthi" || [[P. Jayachandran]] || P. Bhaskaran || <br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Nandanavaniyil" || S. Janaki, [[A. M. Rajah]] || P. Bhaskaran || <br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Pularee Pularee" (Premanaadakam) || S. Janaki, A. M. Rajah || P. Bhaskaran || <br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Ragasagara" || [[L. R. Eeswari]] || P. Bhaskaran || <br />
|-<br />
| 7 || "Thaarunyam Thannude" || P. Jayachandran || P. Bhaskaran || <br />
|-<br />
| 8 || "Urakkamille" (Maanathu Vennilaavu) || S. Janaki || P. Bhaskaran || <br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0254467|Kalithozhan}}<br />
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[[Category:1966 films]]<br />
[[Category:1966 Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam remakes of Telugu films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by M. Krishnan Nair]]<br />
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