# Kelkkaatha Sabdham > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kelkkaatha_Sabdham > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kelkkaatha_Sabdham.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelkkaatha_Sabdham > Source revision: 1341550859 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1982 Indian film Kelkkaatha Sabdham Poster featured on a magazine Directed by Balachandra Menon Written by Balachandra Menon Produced by Raju Mathew Starring Mohanlal Nedumudi Venu Balachandra Menon Ambika Cinematography Vipin Mohan Edited by G. Venkittaraman Music by Johnson Production company Century Films Distributed by Century Films Release date 20 February 1982 (1982-02-20) Country India Language Malayalam ***Kelkkaatha Sabdham*** (transl. The inaudible voice) is a 1982 Indian [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam)-language [drama film](/source/Drama_(film_and_television)) written and directed by [Balachandra Menon](/source/Balachandra_Menon) and produced by [Raju Mathew](/source/Raju_Mathew). The film stars [Mohanlal](/source/Mohanlal), [Nedumudi Venu](/source/Nedumudi_Venu), [Balachandra Menon](/source/Balachandra_Menon) and [Ambika](/source/Ambika_(actress)) in the lead roles. The film has musical score by [Johnson](/source/Johnson_(composer)). The film was a commercial success.[1][2][3] ## Plot Babu, a womaniser, falls in love with a village girl, Jayanthi, and promises to marry her. Due to some unexpected turn of events, Babu's father does not approve of their marriage. ## Cast - [Mohanlal](/source/Mohanlal) as Babu[4] - [Nedumudi Venu](/source/Nedumudi_Venu) as Devan - [Balachandra Menon](/source/Balachandra_Menon) as Lambodaran Nair - [Ambika](/source/Ambika_(actress)) as Jeyanthi - [Jagathy Sreekumar](/source/Jagathy_Sreekumar) - [Baiju](/source/Baiju_Santhosh) as Ravikkuttan - Master Vineeth Govind as Jeyanthi's Son - [C. I. Paul](/source/C._I._Paul) as Sreemangalathu Narayana Pillai - [Nanditha Bose](/source/Nanditha_Bose) as Jeyanthi's Mother - [Poornima Jayaram](/source/Poornima_Jayaram) as Poornima - [Shanthi Krishna](/source/Shanthi_Krishna) as Sushma - [Jagannatha Varma](/source/Jagannatha_Varma) as Babu's Father ## Soundtrack The music was composed by [Johnson](/source/Johnson_(composer)) and the lyrics were written by Devadas. No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss) 1 "Aanaa Palunkukondoraana" K. J. Yesudas, Jency Devadas 2 "Kannipoomaanam Kannum Nattu Njaan" Jency, K. G. Markose Devadas 3 "Maanikyam" K. J. Yesudas Devadas 4 "Naanam Nin Kannil P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam Devadas ## Reception *Kelkatha Shabdam* was the first commercially successful production of Century Films.[5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Kelkkaatha Shabdam"](http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1352). www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Kelkkaatha Shabdam"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070928/http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2697). malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from [the original](http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2697) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Kelkatha Shabdam"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190423161458/https://spicyonion.com/title/kelkatha-shabdam-malayalam-movie/). spicyonion.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Warrier, Shobha. ["Kaviyoor Ponnamma speaks about Mohanlal"](https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/aug/29kaviy.htm). *[Rediff.com](/source/Rediff.com)*. Retrieved 26 May 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Onmanorama staff (13 November 2019). ["Raju Mathew, who hit 'Century' with every film"](https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2019/11/13/raju-mathew-death-obit-kerala-century-films.html). *[Manorama Online](/source/Manorama_Online)*. Retrieved 12 July 2020. ## External links - [*Kelkatha Shabdam*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240653/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article about a Malayalam film of the 1980s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1980s-Malayalam-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1980s-Malayalam-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1980s-Malayalam-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kelkkaatha Sabdham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelkkaatha_Sabdham) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelkkaatha_Sabdham?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.