{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Aadyapaadam | image = Aadhya Paadam.jpg | caption = Poster | director = Adoor Bhasi | based_on = ''Evariki Vare Yamuna Theere'' (Telugu) | producer = C. V. Hariharan | writer = S. L. Puram Sadanandan | starring = {{plainlist| * Kamal Haasan * Sridevi * Sheela * Jayan }} | music = A. T. Ummer | cinematography = S. S. Maniyan | editing = Vijayanand | studio = Suguna Screen | distributor = Suguna Screen | released = {{Film date|1977|11|10|df=y}} | country = India | language = Malayalam }}
'''''Aadhya Paadam''''' ({{Translation|First lesson}}) is a 1977 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Adoor Bhasi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 2018 |title=Sridevi: The array of Malayalam films that the legendary actress was part of |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/sridevi-the-array-of-malayalam-films-that-the-legendary-actress-was-part-of/articleshow/63065713.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314071342/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/sridevi-the-array-of-malayalam-films-that-the-legendary-actress-was-part-of/articleshow/63065713.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The film stars Kamal Haasan, Sheela, Sridevi and Jayan. The film has musical score by A. T. Ummer. The film was a remake of Telugu film ''Evariki Vare Yamuna Theere'' (1974).
== Plot == {{No plot|date=March 2022}}
== Cast == {{colbegin}} *Kamal Haasan<ref name="cast">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/feb/26/unforgettable-coy-village-belle-of-70s-mollywood-1778907.html |title=Unforgettable coy village belle of '70s Mollywood |date=26 February 2018 |work=The New Indian Express |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314071357/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/feb/26/unforgettable-coy-village-belle-of-70s-mollywood-1778907.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *Sridevi<ref name="cast" /> *Sheela *Jayan<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 July 2020 |title='ബാലന് കെ.നായര് അത് പറഞ്ഞപ്പോള് ഞാന് ഉള്ളില് വിതുമ്പി; അദ്ദേഹത്തോടൊന്നും പറയാനായില്ല' |language=ml |work=Mathrubhumi |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/features/kamal-haasan-remembering-jayan-actor-jayan-death-anniversary-movies-1.4285247 |access-date=30 June 2021 |archive-date=8 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608110230/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/features/kamal-haasan-remembering-jayan-actor-jayan-death-anniversary-movies-1.4285247 |url-status=live }}</ref> *Sukumari *Jagathy Sreekumar *Adoor Bhasi *Sankaradi *Sreelatha Namboothiri *Raghavan *Paul Vengola *Prathapachandran *Harippad Soman *J. A. R. Anand *K. P. Ummer *Kunchan *Mallika Sukumaran *Meena *Nellikode Bhaskaran *Pala Thankam *Paravoor Bharathan *T. P. Madhavan *Treesa {{colend}}
==Soundtrack== The music was composed by A. T. Ummer and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aadhya Paadam |url=https://avdigital.in/products/aadhya-paadam |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210630083612/https://avdigital.in/products/aadhya-paadam |archive-date=30 June 2021 |url-status=live |website=avdigital.in |access-date=30 June 2021 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss) |- | 1 || "Bhagavaan Parathaan" || K. J. Yesudas, K. P. Brahmanandan || Sreekumaran Thampi || |- | 2 || "Karanju Konde" || K. J. Yesudas || Sreekumaran Thampi || |- | 3 || "Manushya Ninte Niramethu" || K. J. Yesudas || Sreekumaran Thampi || |- | 4 || "Pushpamangalya Rathriyil" || Vani Jairam, K. P. Brahmanandan || Sreekumaran Thampi || |}
== Release == ''Aadhya Paadam'' was released on 10 November 1977,<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/kamal-films.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210612101253/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/kamal-films.asp |archive-date=12 June 2021 |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |last=Film News Anandan |access-date=30 June 2021 |publisher=Sivakami Publishers |location=Chennai |year=2004 |language=Tamil |trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films |author-link=Film News Anandan |url-status=usurped }}</ref> and the final length of the film was {{Convert|4395.38|metres|feet}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 July 1978 |title=Weekly Gazette of India, 1978-07-15, Weekly |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.csl_weekly.1978-07-15.O-1112-1978-0028-48553/page/n26/mode/2up?q=Adyapadam |access-date=30 June 2021 |publisher=The Gazette of India |pages=1337}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0155477|AadhyaPaadam}}
Category:1977 films Category:1977 Malayalam-language films Category:1977 Indian films Category:Malayalam remakes of Telugu films Category:Films scored by A. T. Ummer
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