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Aattakatha (1987)
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Aattakatha is a 1987 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J Williams and produced by Thiruppathi Chettiyar. The film stars Sukumari, Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent and Ratheesh in lead roles. The film had musical score by Raghu Kumar.
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