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Sooryakanthi

1977 film directed by Baby

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ7562754 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sooryakanthi is a 1977 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Baby. Screenplay and story are by Surasu. The film stars Sukumaran, Sudheer, Kuthiravattam Pappu, M. G. Soman and Mallika Sukumaran in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Jaya Vijaya.

Cast

Kuthiravattam Pappu

Mallika Sukumaran

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Jaya Vijaya and the lyrics were written by Poovachal Khader and Dr. Pavithran.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sooryakanthi” as 1977 film directed by Baby. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977. The account is most persuasive where Sooryakanthi, film and directed 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 directed by Baby. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7562754. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977.

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Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sooryakanthi” 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.