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Kaduvaye Pidicha Kiduva

1977 film by A. B. Raj

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ18386628 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kaduvaye Pidicha Kiduva is a 1977 Indian Malayalam film, directed by A. B. Raj and produced by T. E. Vasudevan. It stars Prem Nazir, Sukumari, Adoor Bhasi and Lakshmi in the lead roles. The musical score was by V. Dakshinamoorthy.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kaduvaye Pidicha Kiduva” as 1977 film by A. B. Raj. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Kaduvaye, Pidicha and Kiduva can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1977 film by A. B. Raj. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18386628. The first chronological checks are 1977.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kaduvaye Pidicha Kiduva” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.