Nizhal Yudham
1981 film directed by Baby
Nizhal Yudham is a 1981 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Baby and produced by Thiruppathi Chettiyar. The film stars Sukumaran, Ravikumar, Sumalatha and Jagathy Sreekumar. The film musical score was composed by K. J. Joy.
Cast
Sukumaran as Ramesh
Ravikumar as Gopi
Sumalatha as Radha
Jagathy Sreekumar as Preman
Jose Prakash as Unnithan
C. I. Paul as Sekhar
Manavalan Joseph as Keshava Pilla
PK Abraham as Gopalan
Kalaranjini as Sobha
Janardhanan as D'Zuza
Prathapachandran as Adv Menon
Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Devaki
Pala Thankam as Keshava pilla's wife
Silk Smitha as Dancer
Alleppey Ashraf
Sathyachithra as Santha
Soundtrack
The music was composed by K. J. Joy with lyrics written by Devadas and Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan.
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