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Mazhavilkavadi is a film of genre Drama directed by Sathyan Anthikad with Jayaram

Mazhavilkavadi (1989)

Mazhavilkavadi
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Length 2h10
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Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating71% 3.5768253.5768253.5768253.5768253.576825

Mazhavilkavadi English: Rainbow Festival) is a 1989 Malayalam film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Raghunath Paleri. It stars Jayaram, Urvashi, Sreeja , Sithara, Innocent, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Philomina, Sankaradi, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Krishnan Kutty Nair, and Mamukkoya.

The film is considered one of the evergreen hits of Sathyan Anthikkad. It won four Kerala State Film Awards that year, the awards for Best Actress (Urvashi), Best Supporting Actor (Innocent), Best Music Director (Johnson), and Best Singer (K. S. Chithra).

The film was remade in Tamil as Subramaniya Swamy with Pandiarajan.

Actors

Jayaram

(Velayudhankutty)
Urvashi

(Anandavalli)
Sithara

(Amminikutty)
Innocent

(Shankarankutty Menon)
Mamukkoya

(Kunjikhater)
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