{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Mazhakaaru | image = | caption = | director = [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]] | screenplay = [[Thoppil Bhasi]] | based_on = {{based on|''Mazhakaaru''|G. Vivekanandan}} | producer = S. K. Nair | starring = [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]]<br />[[Kanakadurga]]<br />[[Roja Ramani]] (Sobhana)<br />[[KPAC Lalitha]] | cinematography = [[Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)|Ashok Kumar]] | editing = Ravi | music = [[G. Devarajan]] | studio = New India Films | released = {{Film date|1973|08|03|df=y}} | country = India | language = Malayalam }} '''''Mazhakaaru''''' is a 1973 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Malayalam]]-language film, directed by [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]] and produced by S. K. Nair. The film stars [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Kanakadurga]], [[Roja Ramani]] (Sobhana) and [[KPAC Lalitha]]. It is based on the novel of the same name by G. Vivekanandan.<ref name="malayalasangeetham">{{Cite web |title=മഴക്കാറ് (1973) |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?930 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200322/https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?930 |archive-date=23 June 2021 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |language=ml}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news |last=Vijayakumar |first=B. |date=7 August 2016 |title=Mazhakkaru: 1973 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Mazhakkaru-1973/article14557315.ece |url-status=live |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919053541/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Mazhakkaru-1973/article14557315.ece |archive-date=19 September 2022}}</ref>
== Plot == {{no plot|date=September 2022}}
== Cast == {{colbegin}} *[[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] as Prabhakaran *[[Kanakadurga]] as Malathi *[[Roja Ramani]] (Sobhana) as Shantha *[[KPAC Lalitha]] as Meenakshi *[[Sankaradi]] as Swami *[[Raghavan (actor)|Raghavan]] *[[Adoor Bhavani]] as Malathi's Mother *Baby Sheela *[[Balan K. Nair]] *[[Janardanan]] as Soman *[[Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair]] *[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Maniyan *[[M. G. Soman]] *Madhubala *P. K. Venukkuttan Nair *P. O. Thomas *P. R. Menon *Radhadevi *Xavier *[[Valsala]] *Meera *Anitha {{colend}}
== Soundtrack == The music was composed by [[G. Devarajan]] and the lyrics were written by [[Vayalar Ramavarma]].<ref name="malayalasangeetham" />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Song !! Singers |- | "Anasooye Priyamvade" || [[P. Madhuri]] |- | "Maninaagathirunaaga" || [[P. Jayachandran]], P. Madhuri |- | "Pralayapayodhiyil" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] |- | "Vaikkathappanum Sivaraathri" || [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]], Chorus |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0240717}}
[[Category:1973 Malayalam-language films]] [[Category:1973 Indian films]] [[Category:1973 films]] [[Category:Films based on Indian novels]] [[Category:Films directed by P. N. Menon (director)]]