Kanyakumari (film)

Kanyakumari
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Directed byK. S. Sethumadhavan
Written byM. T. Vasudevan Nair
Produced byK. S. R. Moorthy
Starring
CinematographyP. L. Roy
Music byM. B. Sreenivasan
Production
company
Chithranjali Films
Distributed byCentral Pictures
Release date
  • 26 July 1974 (1974-07-26)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Kanyakumari is a 1974 Indian Malayalam-language film written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. It stars Kamal Haasan for the first time in the lead role of the protagonist and Rita Bhaduri in the female lead. It was the debut film of Jagathy Sreekumar The film deals with the a man who makes sculptures where he meets a girl who sells bangles and pearls on the sea shore and falls in love with him.

This is the first adult role of Haasan in Malayalam language films after his appearance as a child artist in Kannum Karalum. He also received his first Filmfare award for this movie. This movie was also Rita Bhaduri's debut in cinema.[1]

  1. ^ "കന്യാകുമാരി (1974)". malayalasangeetham.info (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2022.