Panchapandavar

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Panchapandavar
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Directed byA. Nadarajan
Produced byA. Nadarajan
Gopi
Starring
Music by M. S. Viswanathan [1]
Release date
Unreleased
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Panchapandavar is an unreleased Indian Malayalam-language film directed by A. Nadarajan. This is one of the completed, but unreleased films of Malayalam action hero Jayan [2]

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Plot

Panchapandavar is the story of 5 friends ( Jayan, Raghavan, Poojappura Ravi, Chakyar Rajan, Balaji ) who reaches to Mumbai in search of Job. They are helped by a beautiful nurse. Soon everyone realises that, they are in love with the nurse (Saumini).

Cast

Trivia

Panchapandavar is still lying in the cans evenafter 40 years. The film's negative is stored in Prasad Colour Lab , Chennai [3] The film went unreleased due to the legal hassle between Nataraja associates and distributors Saffire films. Many eminent film personalities tried to release the movie, but due to unknown reasons, it is yet to grace the theatre. Jayan fans still believe that their idol's film will see the light one day. The film has a much talked about bike racing filmed at Mumbai and has fast-paced stunts, a quality that made Jayan popular.

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References

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  2. "In Search of Jayan's last film-Ambily". Vellinakshatram . 20 November 2011.
  3. "Jayan - Life History". Vellinakshatram . 20 September 2009.