{{Multiple issues| {{No plot|date=February 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2025}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | image = Manthravadi.png | director = P Subramaniam | writer = Nagavally R. S. Kurup | producer = P Subramaniam | starring = Prem Nazir<br />Kumari Thankam | music = Brother Laxmanan | studio = Neela | distributor = Kumaraswamy & Co | released = {{Film date|1956|08|18|df=y}} | country = India | language = Malayalam }}
'''''Mathravadi''''' is a 1956 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy film, directed and produced by P Subramaniam. The film stars Prem Nazir, Kumari Thankam in lead roles. The film had music composed by Brother Laxmanan and lyrics by Thirunainarkurichy Madhavan Nair. The film was remade in Tamil under the same name.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 April 2009 |title=Manthravadi 1956 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/enspMANTHRAVADI-1956/article15928695.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250205160548/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/enspMANTHRAVADI-1956/article15928695.ece |archive-date=2025-02-05 |access-date=2025-02-05 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1956 – மந்திரவாதி – நீலா புரொடக்சன்ஸ் (த-ம) |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1956-cinedetails24.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012075336/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1956-cinedetails24.asp |archive-date=12 October 2022 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Lakshman Sruthi |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=മന്ത്രവാദി (1956) |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2284 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250205161151/https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2284 |archive-date=5 February 2025 |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |language=ml}}</ref>
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Prem Nazir as Priyan * Adoor Pankajam as Mayavathi * Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Mahedran * Aranmula Ponnamma as Susheeladevi * Bahadoor as Vibhinan * Kumari Thankam as Kalyani * S. P. Pillai as Mayadasan * T. S. Muthaiah as Sugunan, Vinayan (double role), servant of Priya Kumaran * G. K. Pillai as Kalyani's father * Miss Kumari as Mallika * Mavelikkara Ponnamma as Kanthimathi *Jose Prakash as Veeravarman, father of Mallika *Kottayam Shantha as Vasanthy * Hari as Young Priyan * Muttathara Soman as Mayavi *Thiruvananthapuram Lalitha as Nalini }}
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Category:1956 Indian films Category:1950s Malayalam-language films Category:1956 films Category:Films directed by P. Subramaniam Category:Films scored by Br Lakshmanan Category:Indian black-and-white films Category:Indian fantasy films Category:1956 fantasy films Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages