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Kadathu is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. G. Vishwambharan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Shankar, M. G. Soman and Roja Ramani in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Shyam.[1][2][3] Actually, the script was penned by Priyadharshan. When the movie screened in the theaters, he noticed the credit had gone to the director himself.

Kadathu
Directed by	P. G. Vishwambharan
Written by	Kanam E. J. Priyadarshan(dialogues)
Screenplay by	P. G. Vishwambharan(in credits)
Starring	Prem Nazir Shankar M. G. Soman Roja Ramani
Cinematography	C. E. Babu Chandramohan
Edited by	V. P. Krishnan
Music by	Shyam
Production company	Sunitha Productions
Distributed by	Sunitha Productions
Release date	30 October 1981 (1981-10-30)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Cast

• Prem Nazir as Gopinath
• 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 as Sarala
• Adoor Bhavani
• Beena Kumbalangi

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Bichu Thirumala.

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

External links

• Kadathe at IMDb

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