{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Manyasree Viswamithran | image = Manyasree Viswamithran.jpg | caption = Poster | director = [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] | writer = [[Kainikkara Kumara Pillai]] | based_on = {{based on|''Mathruka Manushyan''|Kainikkara Kumara Pillai}} | producer = Madhu | starring = Madhu<br />[[Sheela]]<br />[[Jayabharathi]]<br />[[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] | cinematography = U. Rajagopal | editing = G. Venkittaraman | music = [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] | studio = Uma Arts | released = {{Film date|1974|1|25|df=y}} | country = India | language = Malayalam }}
'''''Manyasree Viswamithran''''' is a 1974 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[Satire (film and television)|satirical film]], directed and produced by [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], and written by [[Kainikkara Kumara Pillai]]. The film stars [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Sheela]], [[Jayabharathi]] and [[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Balasubramanian |first=V. |date=9 June 2016 |title=Of song and spirit |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/shyaam-aka-t-samuel-joseph-goes-down-memory-lane/article8709686.ece |url-status=live |access-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622153153/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/shyaam-aka-t-samuel-joseph-goes-down-memory-lane/article8709686.ece |archive-date=22 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ajithkumar |first=P. K. |date=1 March 2019 |title=A melodious tribute to Shyam |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/a-melodious-tribute-to-shyam/article26404050.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210602050752/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/a-melodious-tribute-to-shyam/article26404050.ece |archive-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> It is based on Kainikkara Kumara Pillai's play ''Mathruka Manushyan''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijayakumar |first=B. |date=24 July 2016 |title=Manyasree Viswamithran: 1974 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Manyasree-Viswamithran-1974/article14506608.ece |url-status=live |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919070713/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Manyasree-Viswamithran-1974/article14506608.ece |archive-date=19 September 2022}}</ref> [[Kamal Haasan]] worked as dance choreographer of this film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhanuprakash |date=7 November 2017 |title=ഇന്ത്യൻ സിനിമയിലെ അത്ഭുതങ്ങളാണ് മമ്മൂട്ടി സാറും മോഹൻലാൽ സാറും - കമൽഹാസൻ |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/interview/kamalhasan-mohanlal-mammootty-malayala-cinema-sathyan-nazeer-madhu-kottarakkara-sreedharan-nair-1.2369094 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210601072244/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/interview/kamalhasan-mohanlal-mammootty-malayala-cinema-sathyan-nazeer-madhu-kottarakkara-sreedharan-nair-1.2369094 |archive-date=1 June 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021 |website=[[Mathrubhumi]] |language=ml}}</ref>
== Plot == {{No plot|date=September 2022}}This film
== Cast == {{colbegin}} *[[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] as Marthandan Thampi *[[Sheela]] as Kusumam *[[Jayabharathi]] as Padmam *[[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Bhagiradhiyamma *[[KPAC Lalitha]] as Naani *[[Adoor Bhasi]] as Sankaran *Sam *[[Sankaradi]] as Vakkeel *K. R. Suresh *[[Bahadoor]] as Balachandran *Kovai Rajan *[[M. G. Soman]] as Ramesh *[[Meena (Malayalam actress)|Meena]] as Aluvalia *Narendran *Sudevan *[[Usharani]] {{colend}}
== Soundtrack == The music was composed by [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] and the lyrics were written by [[P. Bhaskaran]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=മാന്യശ്രീ വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ (1974) |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2584 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919070712/https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2584 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |language=ml}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Song !! Singers |- | "Oru Swapnathin" || [[P. Susheela]], [[Vani Jairam]] |- | "Oru Swapnathin " || P. Susheela, Vani Jairam |- | "Ha Sangeetha Madhura" || P.Jayachandran, ST Sasidharan, Jayalakshmi |- | "Kanavu Neythoru" || [[S. Janaki]], K. P. Brahmanandan |- | "Kettille Kottayathoru" || [[P. Madhuri]] |- | "Pandoru Naalil" || [[P. Susheela]] |- | "Neeyoru Vasantham" || [[L. R. Eeswari]] |- | "Vaadiveena Poomala" || P. Madhuri |}
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0235570}}
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