Aadyathe Kanmani
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| Aadyathe Kanmani | |
|---|---|
| Cinematography | Venu |
| Edited by | G. Murali |
| Music by | S. P. Venkatesh |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Aadyathe Kanmani (transl. Firstborn Daughter) is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Rajasenan.
Plot
Balachandran Unnithan is a singer who falls in love with Ambika, a singer from his own troupe and they both get married. Balachandran's family longs for a male child to inherit the family's wealth, but his elder brothers have only female children. When Ambika becomes
Later, he meets his old classmate and best friend, Padmarajan, whose wife Hema is also pregnant, bearing a male child. However, their babies are swapped by mistake by Balu's mother soon after the delivery. Both Padmarajan and Balu must keep this as a secret to see their children. When Balu's relatives discover this, the babies get kidnapped by the antagonists.
Cast
- Jayaram as Balachandran Unnithan
- Sudha Rani as Ambika (as Sudha)
- Biju Menon as Padmarajan
- Chippyas Hema
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Malavika (Balachandran's mother)
- Janardhanan as Unnithan (Balachandran's father)
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Sreedharan Unnithan (Balachandran's eldest brother)
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Dineshan Unnithan (Balachandran's older brother)
- Kanakalatha as Kousalya (Sreedharan's wife)
- Priyanka as Usha (Dineshan's wife)
- V. K. Sreeraman as Divakaran (Usha's father)
- Indrans as Narayanankutty
- Sathaar as Nambiathiri
- Babu Namboothiri as Raghavan Nair (Ambika's father)
- K.T.S. Padannayilas Malavika's father and Balachandran's grandfather
- Prem Kumar as Urumees
- Reshmi Soman as Ambika's sister
- Kottayam Santha as Koushalya's mother
- Sindhu Jacob as Hema's servant
Remakes
| Year | Film | Language | Cast | Director | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Enakkoru Magan Pirappan | Tamil | Khushbu, Vadivukkarasi
|
Keyaar | |
| 1997 | Nayanamma | Telugu | Sharada
|
Siva Nageswara Rao | |
| 1997 | Muddina Kanmani | Kannada | Ravi Kotarkar | ||
| 2000 | Beti No. 1
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Hindi | Govinda, Rambha, Aruna Irani | T. Rama Rao |
Box office
The film was commercial success.[1]
References
- ^ "Completes 25 years in cinema: Jayaram". Asianet. 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
External links
- Aadyathe Kanmani at IMDb
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