| Kumara Sambhavam | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | P. Subramaniam |
| Screenplay by | Nagavally R. S. Kurup |
| Story by | Kalidasa |
| Produced by | P. Subramaniam |
| Starring | Gemini Ganesan Padmini Sridevi Srividya Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair |
| Cinematography | U. Rajagopal |
| Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
| Music by | G. Devarajan |
Production company | Neela |
| Distributed by | Neela |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kumara Sambhavam is a 1969 Indian Malayalam-language Hindu mythological film directed and produced by P. Subramaniam. Based on the epic poem of the poet Kalidasa of the same name, it stars Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, Srividya and Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair.[1] The film won the first ever Kerala State Film Award for Best Film.[2] The film stood apart in technical quality when compared to previous Malayalam films and is hence regarded as a landmark in the history of Malayalam cinema. It also marked Sridevi's first Malayalam film.[3] The film was dubbed in Tamil under the same title.[4]
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- ^ "State Film Awards". prd.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ Nayak, Satyarth (2019). Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess. India: Penguin Random House. p. 259. ISBN 9789353056780.
- ^ "Cinema". The Indian Express. 14 March 1970. p. 10. Retrieved 8 November 2022 – via Google News Archive.