Aadyathe Kanmani

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Aadyathe Kanmani
Aadyathe Kanmani.jpg
Directed by Rajasenan
Written by Rafi Mecartin
Rajasenan
Produced bySarada
Starring Jayaram
Sudharani
Biju Menon
Chippy
K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Janardhanan
Jagathy Sreekumar
Maniyanpilla Raju
Cinematography Venu
Edited byG. Murali
Music by S. P. Venkatesh
Release date
July 7, 1995
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Malayalam

Aadyathe Kanmani (transl.Firstborn) is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Rajasenan.

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Plot

Balachandran Unnithan (Jayaram) is a singer who falls in love with Ambika(Sudha Rani), a singer from his own troupe and they both get married. Balachandran's family longs for a male child to inherit the family's wealth, but his elder brothers have only female children. When Ambika becomes pregnant, Balachandran realizes that his wife is carrying a daughter, and not a son.

Later, he meets his old classmate and best friend, Padmarajan, whose wife Hema is also pregnant, bearing a male child. However, their babies are swapped by mistake by Balu's mother soon after the delivery. Both Padmarajan and Balu must keep this as a secret to see their children. When Balu's relatives discover this, the babies get kidnapped by the antagonists.

Cast

(Dineshan's wife)

Remakes

YearFilmLanguageCastDirectorRef
1996 Enakkoru Magan Pirappan Tamil Ramki, Khushbu, Vadivukkarasi Keyaar
1997NayanammaTelugu Suresh, Sivaranjani, Sharada Siva Nageswara Rao
1997 Muddina Kanmani Kannada Shivarajkumar, Maathu, Umashree Ravi Kotarkar
2000 Beti No. 1 Hindi Govinda, Rambha, Aruna Irani T. Rama Rao

Box office

The film was commercial success. [1]

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References

  1. "Completes 25 years in cinema: Jayaram". Asianet . 1 December 2013.