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Swarnna Malsyam

1975 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ18393159 ↗
Source-derived summary

Swarnna Malsyam is a 1975 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by B. K. Pottekkad and produced by P. M. Sreenivasan. The film stars Madhu, Jayabharathi, Adoor Bhasi and Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair. The film has musical score by M. S. Baburaj.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Baburaj and the lyrics were written by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Swarnna Malsyam” as 1975 film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Swarnna, Malsyam and film.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1975. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Swarnna, Malsyam and film providing the first useful test.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18393159. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1975.

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This entry incorporates text from “Swarnna Malsyam” 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.