Kumara Sambhavam
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Directed byP. Subramaniam
Screenplay byNagavally R. S. Kurup
Story byKalidasa
Produced byP. Subramaniam
| 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 | |
| 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]
- Sridevi as Subramanian[5]
- Gemini Ganesan as Paramashivan
- Padmini as Parvathi/Sathi
- Srividya as Menaka
- Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as Himavan, Parvathi's Father
- Jose Prakash as Devendran
- T. R. Omana
- Adoor Pankajam
- Aranmula Ponnamma as Parvathi's Mother
- Rajasree as Urvasi
- Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Dakshan
- Pankajavalli
- S. P. Pillai
- T. K. Balachandran as Naradan